Comments on: The Guardian profiles anthropologist Melissa Leach http://savageminds.org/2007/07/17/the-guardian-profiles-anthropologist-melissa-leach/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:32:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Melissa Leach « Culture Matters http://savageminds.org/2007/07/17/the-guardian-profiles-anthropologist-melissa-leach/comment-page-1/#comment-108912 Melissa Leach « Culture Matters Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:24:54 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/07/17/the-guardian-profiles-anthropologist-melissa-leach/#comment-108912 [...] research to challenge widely-held assumptions.  When I read it I was reminded me of a post on Savage Minds from about the same time which referenced a Guardian article on British anthropologist Melissa [...] [...] research to challenge widely-held assumptions.  When I read it I was reminded me of a post on Savage Minds from about the same time which referenced a Guardian article on British anthropologist Melissa [...]

]]> By: jlo http://savageminds.org/2007/07/17/the-guardian-profiles-anthropologist-melissa-leach/comment-page-1/#comment-105745 jlo Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:10:27 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/07/17/the-guardian-profiles-anthropologist-melissa-leach/#comment-105745 It certainly sounds like Dr. Leach has had an interesting career. The STEPS Centre, however, sounds very similar to a large number of academically affiliated research institutes around the globe that have sprung up over the past 15 years or so; it's major difference perhaps being that it is headed by an anthropologist. What interested me more (as a non anthropologist) in this piece was the way in which having a family has aided Dr. Leach's research. I'd be interested to know if there are others on here that have had similar experiences, or if there are notable ethnographic texts where the research undertaken was significantly furthered by the presence of the researcher's children. It seems to me that this may be a very unique facet of anthropology as a discipline. It certainly sounds like Dr. Leach has had an interesting career. The STEPS Centre, however, sounds very similar to a large number of academically affiliated research institutes around the globe that have sprung up over the past 15 years or so; it’s major difference perhaps being that it is headed by an anthropologist.

What interested me more (as a non anthropologist) in this piece was the way in which having a family has aided Dr. Leach’s research. I’d be interested to know if there are others on here that have had similar experiences, or if there are notable ethnographic texts where the research undertaken was significantly furthered by the presence of the researcher’s children. It seems to me that this may be a very unique facet of anthropology as a discipline.

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