Writing for Many: Interdisciplinary Communication, Constructionism, and the Practices of Writing

Stahl, Ann B.; Mann, Rob; Loren, Diana DiPaolo

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“…I would suggest, as others have (Joyce 2002; Stahl, Mann and di Paolo Loren 2004), that part of accepting our answerability for the histories we paint, theories we choose and different publics we touch lies in making the process of narrative construction clearer; that is, in developing modes of writing and forums where one can both deconstruct historical discourses and simultaneously unpack the construction of our narratives – and thus formulate different criteria of evaluation. Attending to these issues would have perhaps helped to clarify why African voices were largely dropped from the analysis or why a discussion of local ceramics contained in an earlier version of the article had to be removed for lack of space, or examined how contradictions emerging ‘on the ground’ in the confrontation with local senses of history seminally shaped the argument made in the article .…”

Section: Narratives and Publicsmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Horning identifies a tension perhaps not entirely resolved in the article when she asks who the audience is for this critique – one which also impacts the mode of presentation. In effect, who we are writing for also determines the form and content of our narratives, and perhaps also some of the reactions they generate (Stahl, Mann and di Paolo Loren 2004). Again, writers, texts and publics are inextricably connected: publics come into being through the circulation of texts, by virtue of being addressed, while the existence of publics and of the fields of discourse they inhabit creates the conditions of possibility for academic texts (Warner 2002).…”

Section: Narratives and Publicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Or thinking through the consequences of our interpretations for descendent communities. Or doing a better job of discussing the multiple voices, tensions, and preoccupations entering the knowledges we produce (Stahl, Mann and di Paolo Loren 2004).…”

Section: Ethics Politics ‘Others’mentioning

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Response and responsibility (before and after the ‘facts’). Postcolonial thoughts on ethical writing

Richard¹

2010

Arch. Dial.

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The Atlantic era marks a turbulent period in the history of Senegambia, defined by dramatic reconfigurations in local socio-economic conditions. These 'global encounters' have often been equated with the subjection of African societies to the whims of an expanding capitalist economy. While the long-term effects of the Atlantic economy cannot be denied, conventional histories have often prioritized macrotrends and generalized process, thus glossing the complex mosaic of experiences that constituted the African Atlantic. By contrast, a closer look at how different categories of objects were consumed and circulated over time may provide more nuanced assessments of the impact of global forces on coastal societies. This article examines how these material entanglements took place in the Siin (Senegal), by following the social trajectories of several classes of objects in space and time, and charting their enmeshment in regimes of value, patterns of action, forms of power and historical experience. Combining these empirical insights with a broader theoretical reflection, the paper attempts to draw out the implications of rethinking the historical space of the African Atlantic through a more intimate engagement with the historicities, contingencies and materialities that fashioned African historical experiences. While this shift in conceptual priorities inevitably creates new silences, I suggest that it also re-establishes Africans as cultural and historical subjects, firmly grounded in world history, and that this perspective can provide a point of departure for the production of alternative historical imaginations and subjectivities.

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Section: Narratives and Publicsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Narratives and Publicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Richard¹

2010

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“…Au cours des dernières décennies, ces discours ambigus et ces mémoires conflictuelles ont fait de Gorée un forum où la polémique sur l'impact et les conséquences de l'expérience atlantique fait rage. Puisque le discours historique se compose d'une mosaïque de silences et d'arrangements qui s'enracinent profondément dans les rapports de force du présent, la réconciliation des différentes positions apparaît comme un objectif quasi impossible (Stahl et al 2004).…”

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Espaces, culture materielle et identites en Senegambie

Thiaw¹

2011

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“…– although we fully recognize the importance of identifying the ‘silences’ and ‘mentions’ in all such archives and the value of exploring these, and their obvious relevance to the production of genuinely postcolonial approaches to the study of the past (see e.g. Stahl, Mann & Loren ).…”

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‘It was maendeleo that removed them’: disturbing burials and reciprocal knowledge production in a context of collaborative archaeology

Straight

Lane

Hilton

et al. 2015

Royal Anthropological Inst

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Recent decades have witnessed a growth in approaches to research and writing across anthropology's four fields that emphasize the need to respect alternative narratives and constructions of history, and to engage with anthropology's ‘publics’. These developments have generated more ethically responsible research and more inclusive writing practices. Nevertheless, the actual doing of cross‐cultural collaboration and knowledge production remains a challenge. In this three‐field (cultural, biological, and archaeological anthropology) study, we aim to capture, in writing, a process of collaborative fieldwork with Samburu pastoralists in northern Kenya that experimentally integrated ethnographic self‐scrutiny with a bio‐archaeological excavation involving human remains. In the process, we highlight the reciprocal knowledge production that this cross‐subdisciplinary, transcultural fieldwork produced.

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Writing for Many: Interdisciplinary Communication, Constructionism, and the Practices of Writing

Cited by 19 publications

References 51 publications

Response and responsibility (before and after the ‘facts’). Postcolonial thoughts on ethical writing

Response and responsibility (before and after the ‘facts’). Postcolonial thoughts on ethical writing

Espaces, culture materielle et identites en Senegambie

‘It was maendeleo that removed them’: disturbing burials and reciprocal knowledge production in a context of collaborative archaeology

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