Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prelude ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction: Writing Ethnography in Turbulent Times 1
6. Part I: The Senses in Artful Ethnography
7. Introduction 27
8. 1. Imaging Knowledge: Artful Vision in Slow Research 29
9. 2. In the Shade of the Jujube Tree 44
10. 3. Sensory Dimensions of Spirit Possession 62
11. 4. Tasting Harmony in the World 86
12. Part II: Evoking Indigenous Wisdom
13. Introduction 95
14. 5. Peripheral Knowledge and the Imponderables 97
15. 6. The World According to Rouch 124
16. 7. Wisdom from the Edge of the Village 134
17. Coda 154
18. Notes 161
19. Works Cited 168
20. Index 179