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1 online resource (vii, 169 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Anthropology, culture, and society
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Anthropology, culture, and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The quality of being there / C.W. Watson -- Fictions of fieldwork: depicting the 'self' in ethnographic writing (Italy) / Cris Shore -- Location and relocation: home, 'the field' and anthropological ethics (Sylhet, Bangladesh) / Katy Gardner -- On ethnographic experience: formative and informative (Nias, Indonesia) / Andrew Beatty -- Learning to be friends: participant observation amongst English schoolchildren (the Midlands, England) / Allison James -- The end in the beginning: New Year at Rizong (the Himalayas) / Anna Grimshaw -- A diminishment: a death in the field (Kerinci, Indonesia) / C.W. Watson. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
"The nature of anthropological fieldwork changes from generation to generation, reflecting current personal, moral and political issues. This collection addresses the central position of fieldwork in modern social anthropology, examining previous works on the subject and locating a discussion of the nature of fieldwork within the context of current theoretical debates. Central to this analysis are the personal accounts of six anthropologists, all trained in the tradition of social anthropology and working in a variety of different social, economic and environmental settings - Italy, the Himalayas, Northern England, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Each example is a discussion of the close relationship which anthropologists establish with friends and informants in the field. Collectively they describe the varying ways in which that closeness affects the nature of the anthropologists' observation, as well as an understanding of themselves and their discipline."--Book description. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Anthropology -- Fieldwork.
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Anthropology -- Fieldwork. |
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Anthropology -- Philosophy.
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Anthropology -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Watson, C. W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Being there. London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, ©1999 074531497X (DLC) 98037448 (OCoLC)39868104 |
| ISBN |
9781849640480 (electronic book) |
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1849640483 (electronic book) |
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074531497X (hardback) |
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9780745314976 (hardback) |
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0745314929 (paperback) |
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9780745314921 (paperback) |
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