Resumen de Los desafíos de contar historias en la actualidad. Entrevista con Paul Stoller

Cristina Moreno Lozano, Juan Antonio Flores Martos

• español

  Spanish: Paul Stoller lleva realizando investigación antropológica desde hace más de treinta años. En 1978, obtuvo su doctorado en Antropología de la Universidad de Texas en Austin (EEUU), con un trabajo sobre la magia, las prácticas religiosas y la posesión de espíritus en la cultura songhay en Nigeria y Malí. Actualmente, es profesor de Antropología en la Universidad de West Chester, Pennsylvania (EEUU). Ha publicado numerosos artículos científicos y al menos 15 libros monográficos, entre los que se encuentran: In Sorcery's Shadow: A Memoir of Apprenticeship Among The Songhay of Niger (1987), The Taste of Ethnographic Things: The Senses in Anthropology (1989), Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City (2002), The Power of the Between: An Anthropological Odyssey (2008), o más recientemente, Adventures in Blogging: Public Anthropology and Popular Media (2018). A lo largo de su dilatada carrera, Stoller siempre ha trabajado de forma constante en la narrativa etnográfica —o la narración teórica, como él mismo la considera en esta entrevista—, la antropología visual, la antropología pública, la antropología sensorial y la crítica cultural. En reconocimiento a su trabajo, Stoller ha recibido prestigiosos premios y becas, como la beca Guggenheim (1994), el Premio Robert B. Textor en Antropología Anticipativa y el Premio de Antropología de los Medios (2015) de la Asociación Americana de Antropología (AAA), y la Medalla de Oro Anders Retzius (2013), otorgada por el Rey Carlos Gustavo de Suecia en reconocimiento a sus aportaciones a la antropología internacional. En la actualidad imparte conferencias y coordina talleres de escritura etnográfica para científicos y científicas sociales de manera frecuente en varios países de Europa y América, dado que hoy en día la formación de las nuevas generaciones de profesionales en antropología es uno de sus intereses más presentes. English: Paul Stoller has conducted anthropological research for over thirty years. In 1978, he earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin (United States), with work on magic, religious practices and the possession of spirits in the Songhay culture in Nigeria and Mali. He is currently Professor of Anthropology at the University of West Chester, Pennsylvania (USA). He has published numerous scientific articles and at least 15 monographic books, among them: In Sorcery's Shadow: A Memoir of Apprenticeship Among The Songhay of Niger (1987), The Taste of Ethnographic Things: The Senses in Anthropology (1989), Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City (2002), The Power of the Between: An Anthropological Odyssey (2008), or most recently, Adventures in Blogging: Public Anthropology and Popular Media (2018). Throughout his career, Stoller has consistently worked on ethnographic narratives — or theoretical storytelling, as he considers it in this interview — visual anthropology, public anthropology, sensory anthropology, and cultural critique. In recognition of his work, Stoller has received prestigious awards and scholarships, including the Guggenheim Fellowship (1994), the Robert B. Textor Award in Anticipative Anthropology and the American Association of Anthropology's (AAA) Media Anthropology Award (2015) and the Anders Retzius Gold Medal (2013), awarded by King Carl Gustaf of Sweden in recognition of his contributions to international Anthropology. He currently gives lectures and coordinates workshops on ethnographic writing for social scientists on a frequent basis in several countries in Europe and America, given that the training of the new generations of professional anthropologists is one of his most present interests today.

• English

  Paul Stoller has conducted anthropological research for over thirty years. In 1978, he earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin (United States), with work on magic, religious practices and the possession of spirits in the Songhay culture in Nigeria and Mali. He is currently Professor of Anthropology at the University of West Chester, Pennsylvania (USA). He has published numerous scientific articles and at least 15 monographic books, among them: In Sorcery’s Shadow: A Memoir of Apprenticeship Among The Songhay of Niger (1987), The Taste of Ethnographic Things: The Senses in Anthropology (1989), Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City (2002), The Power of The Between: An Anthropological Odyssey (2008), or most recently, Adventures in Blogging: Public Anthropology and Popular Media (2018). Throughout his career, Stoller has consistently worked on ethnographic narratives — or theoretical storytelling, as he considers it in this interview — visual Anthropology, public Anthropology, sensory Anthropology, and cultural critique. In recognition of his work, Stoller has received prestigious awards and scholarships, including the Guggenheim Fellowship (1994), the Robert B. Textor Award in Anticipative Anthropology and the American Association of Anthropology’s (AAA) Media Anthropology Award (2015) and the Anders Retzius Gold Medal (2013), awarded by King Carl Gustaf of Sweden in recognition of his contributions to international Anthropology. He currently gives lectures and coordinates workshops on ethnographic writing for social scientists on a frequent basis in several countries in Europe and America, given that the training of the new generations of professional anthropologists is one of his most present interests today.