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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gmelch, George, Author.

Gmelch, Sharon, Author.

Series:

California scholarship online.

California scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Methodology.

Ethnology.

Anthropology--Fieldwork.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book offers 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

1. The Fieldwork Tradition

2. First Fieldwork: Irish Travellers

3. Politics and Fieldwork: Nomads in English Cities

4. Applying Anthropology in an Alaskan National Park

5. Studying Subsistence in Sitka

6. On the Move: Work and Mobility in Newfoundland

7. Native Anthropology: Studying the Culture of Baseball

8. Falling into Fieldwork in Japan

9. Photography and Film in Ireland and Alaska

10. Taking Students to the Field: Barbados

11. When the Field Is a City: Hobart, Tasmania

12. In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro: Students in Tanzania

13. Fieldwork from Campus

14. The Changing Nature of Fieldwork

Appendix Discussion Points

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780520964211

0520964217

OCLC:

1013519276