Anthropologists in a wider world : essays on field research

Author(s)

• Dresch, Paul
• James, Wendy
• Parkin, David J.

Bibliographic Information

Anthropologists in a wider world : essays on field research

edited by Paul Dresch, Wendy James and David Parkin

（Methodology and history in anthropology, v. 7）

Berghahn Books, 2000

• : pbk

Note

"The present volume owes its origin to an 'away day' seminar held in September, 1997, by staff at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford"--Acknowledgements

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-294) and index

"Volume 6"--On cover and spine

Series vol. 7 in publisher's listing

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The tradition of intensive fieldwork by a single anthropologist in one area has been challenged by new emphasis on studying historical patterns, wider regions, and global networks. Some anthropologists have started their careers from the new vantage point, amidst a chorus of claims for innovative methodologies. Others have lived through these changes of perspective and are able to reflect on them, while re-evaluating the place of fieldwork within the broader aims of general anthropology. This book explores these transformations of world view and approach as they have been experienced by anthropological colleagues, a number of whom began their work very much in the earlier tradition. They cover experiences of field research in Africa, Papua New Guinea, South America, Central and South Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Indonesia, Japan and China. Constant through the chapters is a distinctively qualitative empirical approach, once associated with the village but now being developed in relation to large-scale or dispersed communities.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Fieldwork and the Passage of Time P. Dresch and W. James Chapter 2. Indians and Cowboys: Two Field Experiences P. Riviere Chapter 3. A View from Afar: Memories of New Guinea Highland Warfare M. O'Hanlon Chapter 4. Beyond the First Encounter: Transformations of "the Field" in North East Africa W. James Chapter 5. Templates, Evocations, and the Long-Term Fieldworker D. Parkin Chapter 6. Wilderness of Mirrors: Truth and Vulnerability in Middle Eastern Fieldwork P. Dresch Chapter 7. Serendipity: Reflections on Fieldwork in China F. Pieke Chapter 8. Fieldwork and Reflexivity: Thoughts from the Anthropology of Japan R. Goodman Chapter 9. Reflections of Life Crisis: Distancing the Personal L. Matsunaga Chapter 10. Views of Jain History M. Banks Chapter 11. The Ethnomusicologist in the Wilderness H. la Rue Chapter 12. Trying to Get There: Approaches to Indonesia R. H. Barnes Chapter 13. The Field and the Desk: Choices and Linkages N. J. Allen Epilogue: Fieldwork Unfolding D. Parkin Notes on contributors Bibliography Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BC0738604X
• ISBN:
  • 1571818006
• LCCN: 99087034
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 310 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN34.3.F53
  • DC21 : 301/.07/23
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Anthropology -- Field work
  • LCSH : Anthropology -- Research
  • LCSH : Anthropology -- Methodology
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA39743834