In the field : life and work in cultural anthropology / George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gmelch, George, author.

Gmelch, Sharon, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Fieldwork.

Anthropology.

Ethnology--Methodology.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

xii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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

Photography and film in Ireland and Alaska

Taking students to the field : Barbados

When the field is a city : Hobart, Tasmania

In the shadow of KIlimanjaro : students in Tanzania

Fieldwork from campus

The changing nature of fieldwork.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Gmelch, George. In the field.

ISBN:

9780520289611

9780520289628

0520289625

0520289617

OCLC:

1005686230

Publisher Number:

99977006038