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Anthropologists in the Field: Cases in Participant Observation
Hume
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Description for Anthropologists in the Field: Cases in Participant Observation
Paperback. An excellent introduction to real-world ethnography, this book covers short- and long-term participant observation and ethnographic interviewing and uses diverse cultures as cases. Editor(s): Hume, Lynne; Mulcock, Jane. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 photos. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
All too often anthropologists and other social scientists go into the field with unrealistic expectations. Different cultural milieus are prime ground for misunderstandings, misinterpretations, and interrelational problems. This book is an excellent introduction to real-world ethnography, using familiar and not-so-familiar cultures as cases. The book covers participant observation and ethnographic interviewing, both short and long term. These methodologies are open to problems such as lack of communication, depression, hostility, danger, and moral and ethical dilemmas-problems that are usually sanitized for publication and ignored in the curriculum. Among the intriguing topics covered are sexualized and violent environments, secrecy and disclosure, multiple ... Read more
All too often anthropologists and other social scientists go into the field with unrealistic expectations. Different cultural milieus are prime ground for misunderstandings, misinterpretations, and interrelational problems. This book is an excellent introduction to real-world ethnography, using familiar and not-so-familiar cultures as cases. The book covers participant observation and ethnographic interviewing, both short and long term. These methodologies are open to problems such as lack of communication, depression, hostility, danger, and moral and ethical dilemmas-problems that are usually sanitized for publication and ignored in the curriculum. Among the intriguing topics covered are sexualized and violent environments, secrecy and disclosure, multiple ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
417g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231130059
SKU
V9780231130059
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About Hume
Lynne Hume is associate professor in The School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland, Brisbane. Jane Mulcock is a postdoctoral fellow in anthropology and sociology at the University of Western Australia.
Reviews for Anthropologists in the Field: Cases in Participant Observation
The co-editors of this work have done a marvelous job.
James T. Richardson Anthropological Forum
James T. Richardson Anthropological Forum