Being there : fieldwork in anthropology / edited by C.W. Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watson, C. W.

Series:

Anthropology, culture, and society.

Anthropology, culture, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Fieldwork.

Anthropology.

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 169 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

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

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-84964-048-3

1-281-73311-3

9786611733117

0-585-42589-2

OCLC:

923334245