The contributors to this volume share the conviction that anthropology can no longer afford to ignore the importance of the concept of evidence, either for the ... » 

The contributors to this volume share the conviction that anthropology can no longer afford to ignore the importance of the concept of evidence, either for the ways in which anthropologists carry out their work (methodology) or present and justify their findings (epistemology). The book reveals how the concept of evidence has received little sustained attention in print . especially when compared to related concepts, such as 'fieldwork', 'truth', 'facts', and 'knowledge'. «