{"product_id":"towards-an-anthropology-of-data-9781119816768","title":"Towards an Anthropology of Data","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents a set of theoretically inventive pieces that engage with data across its many locations, from government databases to ecological field stations, from kitchen tables to concrete bunkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTowards an Anthropology of Data\u003c\/i\u003e explores how thinking with data can be conceptually generative for anthropology, prompting us to reconsider our understanding of topics including bodies, persons, and the social itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book shows how 'big' data, which may have once seemed limited to business or high tech, is now found by ethnographers in field sites around the world, along with its attendant values and practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt examines how data has motivated a sweep of dystopian visions, signalling the invasion of privacy, political manipulation, or shadowy data doubles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, the volume discusses how anthropologists have been cautious in taking data itself as an object of theoretical interest, even as the effects of data become manifest in our ethnographies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy putting data in its place, the chapters collected here develop conceptual tools that will prove useful for anthropologists who find \u003ci\u003edata\u003c\/i\u003e in their data.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471857467628,"sku":"9781119816768","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c56f70dbd30f8715dfb00e7635103017.jpg?v=1775693417","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/towards-an-anthropology-of-data-9781119816768","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}