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Newly revised, Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader Second Edition provides readers with a picture of the breadth, variation, and complexity of fieldwork. The updated selections offer insight into the ethnographer's experience of gathering and analyzing data, and a richer understanding of the conflicts, hazards and ethical challenges of pursuing fieldwork around the globe.
  • Offers an international collection of classic and contemporary readings to provide students with a broad understanding of historical, methodological, ethical, reflexive and stylistic issues in fieldwork
  • Features 16 new articles and revised part introductions, with additional insights into the experience of conducting ethnographic fieldwork
  • Explores the importance of fieldwork practice in achieving the core theoretical and methodological goals of anthropology
  • Highlights the personal and professional challenges of field researchers, from issues of profe

    Trade Review

    "This final section serves to bring full circle many of the central issues about the relationship between ethnographers and their research subjects and, thus, is a fitting conclusion to an extraordinary collection." (Anthropos, 2 October 2013)



    Table of Contents
    About the Editors x

    Editors’ Acknowledgments xi

    Acknowledgments to Sources xii

    Fieldwork in Cultural Anthropology: An Introduction 1
    Jeffrey S. Sluka and Antonius C. G. M. Robben

    Part I Beginnings 49

    Introduction 51
    Antonius C. G. M. Robben

    1 The Observation of Savage Peoples 56
    Joseph-Marie Degérando

    2 The Methods of Ethnology 63
    Franz Boas

    3 Method and Scope of Anthropological Fieldwork 69
    Bronislaw Malinowski

    Part II Fieldwork Identity 83

    Introduction 85
    Antonius C. G. M. Robben

    4 A Woman Going Native 92
    Hortense Powdermaker

    5 Fixing and Negotiating Identities in the Field: The Case of Lebanese Shiites 103
    Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr

    6 Being Gay and Doing Fieldwork 114
    Walter L. Williams

    7 Automythologies and the Reconstruction of Ageing 124
    Paul Spencer

    Part III Fieldwork Relations and Rapport 135

    Introduction 137
    Jeffrey A. Sluka

    8 Champukwi of the Village of the Tapirs 143
    Charles Wagley

    9 Behind Many Masks: Ethnography and Impression Management 153
    Gerald D. Berreman

    10 The Politics of Truth and Emotion among Victims and Perpetrators of Violence 175
    Antonius C. G. M. Robben

    Part IV The “Other” Talks Back 191

    Introduction 193
    Jeffrey A. Sluka

    11 Custer Died for Your Sins 199
    Vine Deloria, Jr.

    12 Here Come the Anthros 207
    Cecil King

    13 When They Read What the Papers Say We Wrote 210
    Ofra Greenberg

    14 Ire in Ireland 219
    Nancy Scheper-Hughes

    Part V Fieldwork Confl icts, Hazards, and Dangers 235

    Introduction 237
    Jeffrey A. Sluka

    15 Ethnology in a Revolutionary Setting 244
    June Nash

    16 The Ethnographer’s Tale 256
    Neil L. Whitehead

    17 Anthropology from the Bones: A Memoir of Fieldwork, Survival, and Commitment 274
    Cynthia Keppley Mahmood

    18 Reflections on Managing Danger in Fieldwork: Dangerous Anthropology in Belfast 283
    Jeffrey A. Sluka

    Part VI Fieldwork Ethics 297

    Introduction 299
    Jeffrey A. Sluka

    19 The Life and Death of Project Camelot 306
    Irving Louis Horowitz

    20 Confronting the Ethics of Ethnography: Lessons From Fieldwork in Central America 318
    Philippe Bourgois

    21 Ethics versus “Realism” in Anthropology 331
    Gerald D. Berreman

    22 Worms, Witchcraft and Wild Incantations: The Case of the Chicken Soup Cure 353
    Jeffrey David Ehrenreich

    23 Code of Ethics (2009) 359
    American Anthropological Association

    Part VII Multi-Sited Fieldwork 365

    Introduction 367
    Antonius C. G. M. Robben

    24 Beyond “Culture”: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference 374
    Akhil Gupta and James Ferguson

    25 Afghanistan, Ethnography, and the New World Order 387
    David B. Edwards

    26 Being There … and There … and There! Reflections on Multi-Site Ethnography 399
    Ulf Hannerz

    27 A New Form of Collaboration in Cultural Anthropology: Matsutake Worlds 409
    Matsutake Worlds Research Group

    Part VIII Sensorial Fieldwork 441

    Introduction 443
    Antonius C. G. M. Robben

    28 Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis 450
    Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead

    29 The Taste of Ethnographic Things 465
    Paul Stoller and Cheryl Olkes

    30 Dialogic Editing: Interpreting How Kaluli Read Sound and Sentiment 480
    Steven Feld

    31 On Rocks, Walks, and Talks in West Africa: Cultural Categories and an Anthropology of the Senses 496
    Kathryn Linn Geurts

    Part IX Refl exive Ethnography 511

    Introduction 513
    Antonius C. G. M. Robben

    32 Fieldwork and Friendship in Morocco 520
    Paul Rabinow

    33 The Way Things Are Said 528
    Jeanne Favret-Saada

    34 Transmutation of Sensibilities: Empathy, Intuition, Revelation 540
    Thomas J. Csordas

    35 “At the Heart of the Discipline”: Critical Reflections on Fieldwork 547
    Vincent Crapanzano

    Part X Engaged Fieldwork 563

    Introduction 565
    Jeffrey A. Sluka

    36 Introduction – 1942 573
    Margaret Mead

    37 Scholarship, Advocacy, and the Politics of Engagement in Burma (Myanmar) 579
    Monique Skidmore

    38 “Human Terrain”: Past, Present and Future Applications 593
    Roberto J. González

    39 The Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Ethnographic Notes on “Othering Violence” 605
    Nikolas Kosmatopoulos

    Appendix 1: Key Ethnographic, Sociological, Qualitative, and Multidisciplinary Fieldwork Methods Texts 612

    Appendix 2: Edited Cultural Anthropology Volumes on Fieldwork Experiences 615

    Appendix 3: Reflexive Accounts of Fieldwork and Ethnographies Which Include Accounts of Fieldwork 618

    Appendix 4: Leading Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork Methods Texts 620

    Appendix 5: Early and Classic Anthropological Writings on Fieldwork, including Diaries and Letters 622

    Index 623

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 30/12/2011
    ISBN13: 9780470657157, 978-0470657157
    ISBN10: 0470657154
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Newly revised, Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader Second Edition provides readers with a picture of the breadth, variation, and complexity of fieldwork. The updated selections offer insight into the ethnographer's experience of gathering and analyzing data, and a richer understanding of the conflicts, hazards and ethical challenges of pursuing fieldwork around the globe.
    • Offers an international collection of classic and contemporary readings to provide students with a broad understanding of historical, methodological, ethical, reflexive and stylistic issues in fieldwork
    • Features 16 new articles and revised part introductions, with additional insights into the experience of conducting ethnographic fieldwork
    • Explores the importance of fieldwork practice in achieving the core theoretical and methodological goals of anthropology
    • Highlights the personal and professional challenges of field researchers, from issues of profe

      Trade Review

      "This final section serves to bring full circle many of the central issues about the relationship between ethnographers and their research subjects and, thus, is a fitting conclusion to an extraordinary collection." (Anthropos, 2 October 2013)



      Table of Contents
      About the Editors x

      Editors’ Acknowledgments xi

      Acknowledgments to Sources xii

      Fieldwork in Cultural Anthropology: An Introduction 1
      Jeffrey S. Sluka and Antonius C. G. M. Robben

      Part I Beginnings 49

      Introduction 51
      Antonius C. G. M. Robben

      1 The Observation of Savage Peoples 56
      Joseph-Marie Degérando

      2 The Methods of Ethnology 63
      Franz Boas

      3 Method and Scope of Anthropological Fieldwork 69
      Bronislaw Malinowski

      Part II Fieldwork Identity 83

      Introduction 85
      Antonius C. G. M. Robben

      4 A Woman Going Native 92
      Hortense Powdermaker

      5 Fixing and Negotiating Identities in the Field: The Case of Lebanese Shiites 103
      Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr

      6 Being Gay and Doing Fieldwork 114
      Walter L. Williams

      7 Automythologies and the Reconstruction of Ageing 124
      Paul Spencer

      Part III Fieldwork Relations and Rapport 135

      Introduction 137
      Jeffrey A. Sluka

      8 Champukwi of the Village of the Tapirs 143
      Charles Wagley

      9 Behind Many Masks: Ethnography and Impression Management 153
      Gerald D. Berreman

      10 The Politics of Truth and Emotion among Victims and Perpetrators of Violence 175
      Antonius C. G. M. Robben

      Part IV The “Other” Talks Back 191

      Introduction 193
      Jeffrey A. Sluka

      11 Custer Died for Your Sins 199
      Vine Deloria, Jr.

      12 Here Come the Anthros 207
      Cecil King

      13 When They Read What the Papers Say We Wrote 210
      Ofra Greenberg

      14 Ire in Ireland 219
      Nancy Scheper-Hughes

      Part V Fieldwork Confl icts, Hazards, and Dangers 235

      Introduction 237
      Jeffrey A. Sluka

      15 Ethnology in a Revolutionary Setting 244
      June Nash

      16 The Ethnographer’s Tale 256
      Neil L. Whitehead

      17 Anthropology from the Bones: A Memoir of Fieldwork, Survival, and Commitment 274
      Cynthia Keppley Mahmood

      18 Reflections on Managing Danger in Fieldwork: Dangerous Anthropology in Belfast 283
      Jeffrey A. Sluka

      Part VI Fieldwork Ethics 297

      Introduction 299
      Jeffrey A. Sluka

      19 The Life and Death of Project Camelot 306
      Irving Louis Horowitz

      20 Confronting the Ethics of Ethnography: Lessons From Fieldwork in Central America 318
      Philippe Bourgois

      21 Ethics versus “Realism” in Anthropology 331
      Gerald D. Berreman

      22 Worms, Witchcraft and Wild Incantations: The Case of the Chicken Soup Cure 353
      Jeffrey David Ehrenreich

      23 Code of Ethics (2009) 359
      American Anthropological Association

      Part VII Multi-Sited Fieldwork 365

      Introduction 367
      Antonius C. G. M. Robben

      24 Beyond “Culture”: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference 374
      Akhil Gupta and James Ferguson

      25 Afghanistan, Ethnography, and the New World Order 387
      David B. Edwards

      26 Being There … and There … and There! Reflections on Multi-Site Ethnography 399
      Ulf Hannerz

      27 A New Form of Collaboration in Cultural Anthropology: Matsutake Worlds 409
      Matsutake Worlds Research Group

      Part VIII Sensorial Fieldwork 441

      Introduction 443
      Antonius C. G. M. Robben

      28 Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis 450
      Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead

      29 The Taste of Ethnographic Things 465
      Paul Stoller and Cheryl Olkes

      30 Dialogic Editing: Interpreting How Kaluli Read Sound and Sentiment 480
      Steven Feld

      31 On Rocks, Walks, and Talks in West Africa: Cultural Categories and an Anthropology of the Senses 496
      Kathryn Linn Geurts

      Part IX Refl exive Ethnography 511

      Introduction 513
      Antonius C. G. M. Robben

      32 Fieldwork and Friendship in Morocco 520
      Paul Rabinow

      33 The Way Things Are Said 528
      Jeanne Favret-Saada

      34 Transmutation of Sensibilities: Empathy, Intuition, Revelation 540
      Thomas J. Csordas

      35 “At the Heart of the Discipline”: Critical Reflections on Fieldwork 547
      Vincent Crapanzano

      Part X Engaged Fieldwork 563

      Introduction 565
      Jeffrey A. Sluka

      36 Introduction – 1942 573
      Margaret Mead

      37 Scholarship, Advocacy, and the Politics of Engagement in Burma (Myanmar) 579
      Monique Skidmore

      38 “Human Terrain”: Past, Present and Future Applications 593
      Roberto J. González

      39 The Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Ethnographic Notes on “Othering Violence” 605
      Nikolas Kosmatopoulos

      Appendix 1: Key Ethnographic, Sociological, Qualitative, and Multidisciplinary Fieldwork Methods Texts 612

      Appendix 2: Edited Cultural Anthropology Volumes on Fieldwork Experiences 615

      Appendix 3: Reflexive Accounts of Fieldwork and Ethnographies Which Include Accounts of Fieldwork 618

      Appendix 4: Leading Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork Methods Texts 620

      Appendix 5: Early and Classic Anthropological Writings on Fieldwork, including Diaries and Letters 622

      Index 623

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