Constructing the field : ethnographic fieldwork in the contemporary world / edited by Vered Amit.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amit, Vered, 1955-

Series:

European Association of Social Anthropologists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Fieldwork.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

vi, 199p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Summary:

Ethnographic fieldwork is traditionally seen as what distinguishes social and cultural anthropology from the other social sciences. This collection responds to the inte nsifying scrutiny of fieldwork in recent years. It challenges the idea of the necessity for the total immersion of the ethnographer in the field, and for the clear separation of professional and personal areas of activity. The very existence of 'the field' as an entity separate from everyday life is questioned.Fresh perspectives on contemporary fieldwork are provided by diverse case-studies from across North America and Europe. These contributions give a thorough appraisal of what fieldwork is and should be, and an extra dimension is added through fascinating accounts of the personal experiences of anthropologists in the field.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction

Constructing the field / Vered Amit

chapter 2 At home and away

Reconfiguring the field for late twentieth-century anthropology / Virginia Caputo

chapter 3 Home field advantage?

Exploring the social construction of children's sports / Noel Dyck

chapter 4 Here and there

Doing transnational fieldwork / Caroline Knowles

chapter 5 The narrative as fieldwork technique

Processual ethnography for a world in motion / Nigel Rapport

chapter 6 Informants who come home / Sarah Pink

chapter 7 Phoning the field

Meanings of place and involvement in fieldwork at home / Karin Norman

chapter 8 Access to a closed world

Methods for a multilocale study on ballet as a career / Helena Wulff

chapter 9 Locating yoga

Ethnography and transnational practice / Sarah Strauss.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-134-64067-6

1-134-64068-4

0-415-19829-1

1-280-06681-4

0-203-45078-7

9780203450789

OCLC:

50848432