Proceedings of a conference entitled "Transformation, Inertia, Reconfigurations: A Critical Appraisal of Anthropological Research in Cyprus" hosted jointly at University of Cyprus and Intercollege in Septmber 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Modernity, history, and conflict in divided Cyprus : an overview / Yiannis Papadakis, Nicos Peristianis, and Gisela Welz -- Transforming lives : process and person in Cypriot modernity / Michael Herzfeld -- On the condition of postcoloniality in Cyprus / Rebecca Bryant -- Disclosure and censorship in divided Cyprus : toward an anthropology of ethnic autism / Yiannis Papadakis -- De-ethnicizing the ethnography of Cyprus : political and social conflict between Turkish Cypriots and settlers from Turkey / Yael Navaro-Yashin -- Cypriot nationalism, dual identity, and politics / Nicos Peristianis -- Children constructing ethnic identities in Cyprus / Spyros Spyrou -- "Contested natures" : an environmental conflict in Cyprus / Gisela Welz -- Gardens and the nature of rootedness in Cyprus / Anne Jepson -- Researching society and culture in Cyprus : displacements, hybridities, and dialogical frameworks / Floya Anthias -- Recognition and emotion : exhumations of missing persons in Cyprus / Paul Sant Cassia -- Postscript: Reflections on an anthropology of Cyprus / Vassos Argyrou.