Scientists and scholars in the field : studies in the history of fieldwork and expeditions
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Scientists and scholars in the field : studies in the history of fieldwork and expeditions
Aarhus University Press, c2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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For centuries the practice of undertaking fieldwork and expeditions has been adopted as an essential part of research by scientists and scholars from diverse disciplines. As a method of collecting on-site data through observation, the practice is shared by disciplines ranging from biology and botany, through geology, geography, and archaeology to anthropology, linguistics, and folklore studies. Presenting 17 essays by 17 scholars from almost as many disciplines of knowledge, this volume contains a rich tapestry of stories from -- and about -- 'the field', from early modern times until the present day. Taking us around the globe, from Europe to Asia, from the Arctic to Africa and America, this book investigates the entanglement of scientific, political, social, cultural, and personal interests and agendas that have shaped, and still shape, our effort to explore, explain, and exploit the world.
Table of Contents
Studying Scientists and Scholars in the FieldAn IntroductionFieldwork avant la lettrePracticing Instructions in the Eighteenth CenturySurveying the Field of State TerritorySubterranean FieldworkMarsili's Survey on the Biogeography and Ecobiology of Truffles in Eighteenth Century North and Central ItalyExploring the Republic of LettersGerman Travellers in the Dutch Underground, 1690-1720The Civil-Military Enlightenment in BritainLinks between the Royal Society of London and the British Military, 1761-1790Entangled Experiences, Disentangling DisciplinesAntoine and Arnauld d'Abbadie's Voyages in EthiopiaExplorer-Engineers Take the FieldImperial Engineers, Africa, and the Late Victorian PublicFrom Collection to FieldworkThe Field Research of Danish Folkloris Evald Tang Kristensen, 1870-1890Field Life in the American WestSurveys, Networks, Stations, and QuarriesBefore CreationCompeting Excavators, Imperial Interests, and the Making of the Indus Civilization in the 1920s IndiaThe Rolling Field StationDanish Explorations of Central Asia in the Late Nineteenth CenturyExploring the Disciplinary Significance of Fieldwork MethodsA Case from the History of Swiss AnthropologyArmchairs, Dogsleds, Ships, and AirplanesFiels Access, Scientific Credibility, and Geological Mapping in Northern and North-Eastern Greenland 1900-1939Expedition "Live"Science, Media, and Politics on the Galathea 3 Expedition 2006-2007
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