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Doing anthropological research : a practical guide / edited by Natalie Konopinski.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology--Research.
- Anthropology.
- Anthropology--Methodology.
- Anthropology--Fieldwork.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 152 pages ) illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Doing Anthropological Research provides a practical toolkit for carrying out research. It works through the process chapter by chapter, from the planning and proposal stage to methodologies, secondary research, ethnographic fieldwork, ethical concerns, and writing strategies. Case study examples are provided throughout to illustrate the particular issues and dilemmas that may be encountered. This handy guide will be invaluable to upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying or intending to use anthropological methods in their research. Doing Anthropological Research provides a practical toolkit for carrying out research. It works through the process chapter by chapter, from the planning and proposal stage to methodologies, secondary research, ethnographic fieldwork, ethical concerns, and writing strategies. Case study examples are provided throughout to illustrate the particular issues and dilemmas that may be encountered. This handy guide will be invaluable to upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying or intending to use anthropological methods in their research.
- Contents:
- Introduction: about Doing Anthropological Research (Natalie Konopinski) 1. Getting started: the search for anthropological questions (Tobias Kelly) 2. Planning your research project (Laura Jeffery and Natalie Konopinski) 3. On the primary importance of secondary research (Neil Thin) 4. Doing research: anthropology and ethnographic fieldwork (Joost Fontein) 5. Doing research: fieldwork practicalities (Joost Fontein) 6. Ethics (Ian Harper) 7. Sorting things out: organizing and interpreting your data (Lotte Hoek) 8. Communicating the research and writing up (John Harries) Conclusion: After the dissertation (Natalie Konopinski).
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 31, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 0-415-69755-7
- 1-135-01012-9
- 0-203-74387-3
- 1-135-01013-7
- 9780203743874
- OCLC:
- 859159507
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