Deconstruction and Ethnographic Apprehension

Abstract: The following reflection piece considers the influence of Jim Siegel's deconstructive approach to anthropology, particularly the potentials for classic textual re-readings and ethnographic openness for apprehending analytical possibilities beyond interpretive approaches that seek to explain and frame. I consider this in the context of fieldwork conducted in Vietnam involving affective remittance gift exchanges and circulations between former refugee diasporas and homeland kin networks.