The Trobriand Islands, Anthropology, and the Dimdim: Some Considerations on Ethnography, Tourism, and Reflexivity in “Sacred Places”

Authors

  • Fabiano Gontijo Universidade Federal do Pará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2017.132077

Keywords:

Anthropology, Tourism, Reflexivity, Sacred Places, Trobriand Islands

Abstract

The texts published by anthropologists – books, articles, diaries – and the interpretations about this production created what is called by Annette B. Weiner anthropology’s “sacred places”, like the Trobriand Islands. However, little has been written about how people continue his life in these places after the anthropological fieldwork, nor what people think about the fieldworks that took place there creating the “sacred places”. This article presents some reflections about the relationship between doing anthropology, tourism, and reflexivity ellaborated after a visit to the Trobriand Islands in 2013.

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Published

2017-05-12

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 1 (2017)

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How to Cite

Gontijo, F. (2017). The Trobriand Islands, Anthropology, and the Dimdim: Some Considerations on Ethnography, Tourism, and Reflexivity in “Sacred Places”. Revista De Antropologia, 60(1), 263-308. https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2017.132077