Indaba—Fieldwork, Jive and Phenomenology

Authors

• Steven Thomas Van Wolputte KU Leuven, Institute for Anthropological Research on Africa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0450-1756

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30676/jfas.v43i2.77504

Abstract

When on my first fieldwork trip in north-western Namibia, the music by the Soul Brothers (a South African jive band) confronted me with my own naivety and estrangement. But it also introduced me to phenomenology, and continues to warn against an all too intellectualist understanding of social and cultural realities