{"product_id":"anthropologists-in-a-wider-world-essays-on-field-research-9781571817990","title":"Anthropologists in a Wider World: Essays on Field","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... breaks important ground ... the book brings together experienced veterans of the field encounter for a thoughtful discussion of the nature of anthropological research.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Journal of Anthropological Research\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This book offers a unique insight into the influence of one of the discipline’s most important theorists. James and Allen are thoughtful editors…their respect produces the best form of criticism in fourteen essays by British, and other European anthropologists … This is intriguing and stimulating reading … Mauss’s work receives careful attention in this book which is helpful, incisive, and broadly significant to anthropology.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · JRAI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Fieldwork and the Passage of Time\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eP. Dresch\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eW. James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Indians and Cowboys: Two Field Experiences\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eP. Rivière\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e A View from Afar: Memories of New Guinea Highland Warfare\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eM. O'Hanlon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Beyond the First Encounter: Transformations of \"the Field\" in North East Africa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eW. James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Templates, Evocations, and the Long-Term Fieldworker\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eD. Parkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Wilderness of Mirrors: Truth and Vulnerability in Middle Eastern Fieldwork\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eP. Dresch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Serendipity: Reflections on Fieldwork in China\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eF. Pieke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Fieldwork and Reflexivity: Thoughts from the Anthropology of Japan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eR. Goodman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Reflections of Life Crisis: Distancing the Personal\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eL. Matsunaga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Views of Jain History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eM. Banks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e The Ethnomusicologist in the Wilderness\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eH. la Rue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Trying to Get There: Approaches to Indonesia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eR. H. Barnes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e The Field and the Desk: Choices and Linkages\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eN. J. Allen†\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eEpilogue:\u003c\/b\u003e Fieldwork Unfolding\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eD. Parkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041430274391,"sku":"9781571817990","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571817990.jpg?v=1750950250","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/anthropologists-in-a-wider-world-essays-on-field-research-9781571817990","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}