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- catalog abstract ""The nature of anthropological fieldwork changes from generation to generation, reflecting current personal, moral and political issues. This collection addresses the central position of fieldwork in modern social anthropology, examining previous works on the subject and locating a discussion of the nature of fieldwork within the context of current theoretical debates. Central to this analysis are the personal accounts of six anthropologists, all trained in the tradition of social anthropology and working in a variety of different social, economic and environmental settings - Italy, the Himalayas, Northern England, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Each example is a discussion of the close relationship which anthropologists establish with friends and informants in the field. Collectively they describe the varying ways in which that closeness affects the nature of the anthropologists' observation, as well as an understanding of themselves and their discipline."--Book description.".
- catalog contributor b11049258.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""The nature of anthropological fieldwork changes from generation to generation, reflecting current personal, moral and political issues. This collection addresses the central position of fieldwork in modern social anthropology, examining previous works on the subject and locating a discussion of the nature of fieldwork within the context of current theoretical debates. Central to this analysis are the personal accounts of six anthropologists, all trained in the tradition of social anthropology and working in a variety of different social, economic and environmental settings - Italy, the Himalayas, Northern England, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Each example is a discussion of the close relationship which anthropologists establish with friends and informants in the field. Collectively they describe the varying ways in which that closeness affects the nature of the anthropologists' observation, as well as an understanding of themselves and their discipline."--Book description.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : the quality of being there / C.W. Watson -- Fictions of fieldwork : depicting the 'self' in ethnographic writing (Italy) / Cris Shore -- Location and relocation : home, 'the field' and anthropological ethics (Sylhet, Bangladesh) / Katy Gardner -- On ethnographic experience : formative and informative (Nias, Indonesia) / Andrew Beatty -- Learning to be friends : participant observation amongst English schoolchildren (the Midlands, England) / Allison James -- The end in the beginning : the new year at Rizong (the Himalayas) / Anna Grimshaw -- A diminishment : a death in the field (Kerinci, Indonesia) / C.W. Watson.".
- catalog extent "vii, 169 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Being there.".
- catalog identifier "074531497X (hbk)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Being there.".
- catalog isPartOf "Anthropology, culture, and society".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press,".
- catalog relation "Being there.".
- catalog subject "301/.07/23 21".
- catalog subject "Anthropology Field work.".
- catalog subject "Anthropology Fieldwork.".
- catalog subject "Anthropology Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Anthropology Research.".
- catalog subject "GN34.3.F53 B45 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : the quality of being there / C.W. Watson -- Fictions of fieldwork : depicting the 'self' in ethnographic writing (Italy) / Cris Shore -- Location and relocation : home, 'the field' and anthropological ethics (Sylhet, Bangladesh) / Katy Gardner -- On ethnographic experience : formative and informative (Nias, Indonesia) / Andrew Beatty -- Learning to be friends : participant observation amongst English schoolchildren (the Midlands, England) / Allison James -- The end in the beginning : the new year at Rizong (the Himalayas) / Anna Grimshaw -- A diminishment : a death in the field (Kerinci, Indonesia) / C.W. Watson.".
- catalog title "Being there : fieldwork in anthropology / edited by C.W. Watson.".
- catalog type "text".