Facets and Ensembles

The persona joins the conversation framed by the epigraph, rebutting the reduction of anthropology to stenography. This sonnet sequence is a love letter to ethnography. Field notes are good for thinking, and resulting theorizing is often accomplished through storytelling, of which poetry is an ancient genre. The persona considers the aesthetics of interpretation, emphasizing the materiality and embodiment of writing. Writing is described as a way of knowing. Challenges to imagination promoting creative dwelling, notably narrative transportation, are unpacked. Difference is acknowledged as a wellspring of insight. Finally, the practical relevance of anthropological theorizing/storytelling to social institutions is addressed.