PROF Edward Simpson's Outputs (5)

Prospecting in Rajasthan (2016)
Journal Article
Simpson, E. (2016). Prospecting in Rajasthan. Religion and Society, 7, 27-31. https://doi.org/10.3167/arrs.2016.070102

On the anthropology of Ann Gold.

The future of the rural world? India's villages 1950-2015 (2016)
Book
Simpson, E., & Tilche, A. (Eds.). (2016). The future of the rural world? India's villages 1950-2015. SOAS University of London

Exhibition catalogue based on an ESRC-funded project 'restudying' villages in India.

F.G. Bailey's Bisipara revisited (2016)
Journal Article
Otten, T., & Simpson, E. (2016). F.G. Bailey's Bisipara revisited. Economic and political weekly, 51(26-27), 25-32

F G Bailey, the renowned British social anthropologist, conducted fieldwork in Bisipara in the highlands of Orissa in the 1950s to examine the ways in which the state, democracy and new forms of economy were changing the traditional organisation and... Read More about F.G. Bailey's Bisipara revisited.

Village restudies: Trials and tribulations (2016)
Journal Article
Simpson, E. (2016). Village restudies: Trials and tribulations. Economic and political weekly, 51(26-27), 33-42

This article is an account of the inception, management and initial conclusions of a research project which ‘restudied’ three villages in Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. These villages had been first studied in the 1950s by the British anthropolo... Read More about Village restudies: Trials and tribulations.

Is anthropology legal? Earthquake, blitzkrieg, and ethical futures (2016)
Journal Article
Simpson, E. (2016). Is anthropology legal? Earthquake, blitzkrieg, and ethical futures. Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, 74(1), 113-128. https://doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2016.740109

Th is article is a contribution to the growing literature that suggests that the methodological and writing practices of anthropology are out of kilter with the times. The processual structures and regulative mechanisms that produce anthropological k... Read More about Is anthropology legal? Earthquake, blitzkrieg, and ethical futures.