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Being an 'Other' Other Than Myself: "Take It To the Bridge"

Being an 'Other' Other Than Myself: "Take It To the Bridge" BEING AN 'OTHER' OTHER THAN MYSELF: "TAKE IT TO THE BRIDGE" PETER GOTTSCHALK This article derives from a conference panel entitled "Fieldwork: Bridging Anthropology and the History of Religions." Ruminating on just what exactly, or even generally, I would try to add to the panel, I began to think about its title. What is it, after all, to bridge? And how did my experience as an historian of religions doing ethno- graphic research involve a bridge or the act of bridging? The American Heritage Dictionary defines "bridge" first as "a structure spanning and providing a passage over a gap or barrier, such as a river or roadway" (1993: 174). This suggests a path between two fixed places. I imagine that when he entitled this panel, the organizer had in mind an explo- ration of how we have found a way between the two academic fields of anthropology and the history of religions. But, with a midrashic turn of mind, I reflected on two other possible interpretations of the title. First, what if anthropology and the history of religions are not what the bridge of fieldwork connects, but the obstacles that it spans? In other words, what if we examine http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Method & Theory in the Study of Religion Brill

Being an 'Other' Other Than Myself: "Take It To the Bridge"

Gottschalk, Peter
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion , Volume 13 (1-4): 7 – Jan 1, 2001
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BEING AN 'OTHER' OTHER THAN MYSELF: "TAKE IT TO THE BRIDGE" PETER GOTTSCHALK This article derives from a conference panel entitled "Fieldwork: Bridging Anthropology and the History of Religions." Ruminating on just what exactly, or even generally, I would try to add to the panel, I began to think about its title. What is it, after all, to bridge? And how did my experience as an historian of religions doing ethno- graphic research involve a bridge or the act of bridging? The American Heritage Dictionary defines "bridge" first as "a structure spanning and providing a passage over a gap or barrier, such as a river or roadway" (1993: 174). This suggests a path between two fixed places. I imagine that when he entitled this panel, the organizer had in mind an explo- ration of how we have found a way between the two academic fields of anthropology and the history of religions. But, with a midrashic turn of mind, I reflected on two other possible interpretations of the title. First, what if anthropology and the history of religions are not what the bridge of fieldwork connects, but the obstacles that it spans? In other words, what if we examine

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