Haim Hazan is a leading specialist on old age in anthropology, and has published several books on particular communities of old people. The latest book is an essay on the realities of old age, as it is experienced, as opposed to the ideas about the old current in western societies. It argues that th[...]

Challenging the idea that fieldwork is the only way to gather data, and that standard methods are the sole route to fruitful analysis, "Serendipity in Anthropological Research" explores the role of fortune and happenstance in anthropology. It conceives of anthropological research as a lifelong nomad[...]