FOREWORD - METHODOLOGICAL FORUM
FOREWORD - METHODOLOGICAL FORUM

Summary/Abstract: The current methodological forum contains three substantial articles coming from three different domains of anthropological research: material culture, historical anthropology and anthropology of religion. They all deal with realities of the same country, Romania. The vigorously reflexive methodological awareness promoted by this section is now enriched by the current contributions in two main senses. First, the papers are keen to emphasize, in their own way, the complex intertwining of conceptual work and methodological assumptions. Our methodological reflexivity does not rely only on the refinement of specific methods (ethnography, archival research, or discourse analysis) and their skilful deployment in agreement with theoretical presumptions. It essentially involves an intensive search for ways of conceptually enhancing our methodological possibilities and capacities that are often disabled by our too well established theoretical-methodological connections.

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