In the field life and work in cultural anthropology
"This book offers students an invaluable look at what cultural anthropologists do when they are in the field. Through fascinating and often entertaining,accounts of their lives and work in varied cultural settings, the authors describe the many forms fieldwork can take, the kinds of questions a...
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
2018
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "This book offers students an invaluable look at what cultural anthropologists do when they are in the field. Through fascinating and often entertaining,accounts of their lives and work in varied cultural settings, the authors describe the many forms fieldwork can take, the kinds of questions anthropologists ask, and the common problems they encounter. From these accounts and the experiences of the student field workers the authors have mentored over the years, In the field makes a powerful case for the value of the anthropological approach to knowledge."--Provided by publisher The fieldwork tradition -- First fieldwork : Irish travellers -- Politics and fieldwork : nomads in English cities -- Applying anthropology in an Alaskan national park -- Studying subsistence in Sitka -- On the move : work and mobility in Newfoundland -- Native anthropology : studying the culture of baseball -- Falling into fieldwork in Japan -- Visual anthropology in Alaska and Ireland -- Taking students to the field in the Caribbean -- When the field is a city : Hobart, Tasmania -- In the shadow of KIlimanjaro: students in Tanzania -- Fieldwork from campus -- The changing nature of fieldwork |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 283 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780520289611 978-0-520-28961-1 9780520289628 978-0-520-28962-8 0520289625 0-520-28962-5 0520289617 0-520-28961-7 |