Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
5. Introduction THE ETHICS OF TAKING SIDES 1
6. Chapter 1 STARTING FROM BELOW: FIELDWORK, GENDER AND IMPERIALISM NOW 23
7. Chapter 2 ARRIVING IN NOWHERE LAND: STUDYING AN ISLAMIC SUFI ORDER IN LONDON 45
8. Chapter 3 FRIENDSHIPS AND ENCOUNTERS ON THE POLITICAL LEFT IN BANGLADESH 65
9. Chapter 4 DOING FIELDWORK WITHIN FEAR AND SILENCES 89
10. Chapter 5 MEMORY, ETHICS, POLITICS: RESEARCHING A BELEAGUERED COMMUNITY 119
11. Chapter 6 CONFESSIONS OF A DOWNBEAT ANTHROPOLOGIST 143
12. Chapter 7 WE WILL NOT INTEGRATE! MULTIPLE BELONGINGS, POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND ANTHROPOLOGY IN AUSTRIA 175
13. Chapter 8 TAKING SIDES IN THE OILFIELDS: FOR A POLITICALLY ENGAGED ANTHROPOLOGY 199
14. Chapter 9 RANTING AND SILENCE: THE CONTRADICTIONS OF WRITING FOR ACTIVISTS AND ACADEMICS 217
15. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 257
16. INDEX 259