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Accepted Paper:
A brief theory of digital anthropology
Daniel Miller
(University College London (UCL))
Heather Horst
(The University of Sydney)
Paper short abstract:
Can one have a general theory of "Digital Anthropology"? This introduction will provide an overview of key themes in digital anthropology, with an eye towards the consequences of the digital for ethnography and theory. Presented by Daniel Miller and Heather Horst.
Paper long abstract:
Can one have a general theory of Digital Anthropology? What are the consequences of the digital for theory and ethnography? This introduction will provide an overview of digitisation as the simultaneous expansion of the abstract and the particular, and its consequences, through the lens of contemporary debates over open source, money and the rise of digital money, virtual worlds and ethnographic practice.