Lifelines: The Personal and Professional Significance of Vocational Communities within Anthropology Volume 3 - Issue 1

Kathleen M Gallagher*

• Associate Professor, Graduate Program for International Relations, St. Mary’s University, Texas, USA

Received: November 01, 2020   Published: November 18, 2020

Corresponding author: Kathleen M. Gallagher, Associate Professor, Graduate Program for International Relations, St. Mary’s University, Texas, USA

DOI: 10.32474/JAAS.2020.03.000153

 

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Abstract

As anthropologists, much of our professional and personal life is configured around our field site, whose contours shape our experiences, memories and relationships, in addition to language skills and cultural knowledge. In my case, it was the country of Nepal that captivated my attention across twenty-five years, seven of them in residence, most of them spent in the crowded environs of squatter settlements. For nearly a decade, however, I found myself isolated from the region through an admixture of loss, grief and trauma, much of it intertwined with the country and people that I had come to love.

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