Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader (Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)

Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader Provides A Comprehensive Selection Of Classic And Contemporary Reflections, Examining The Tensions Between Self And Other, The Relationships Between Anthropologists And Informants, Conflicts And Ethical Challenges, Various Types Of Ethnographic Research, And Different Styles Of Writing About Fieldwork. Discusses Fieldwork In General, As Opposed To Its Formal Methods Presents A Good Sense Of The Historical And Conceptual Development Of Fieldwork As The Predominant Methodological Approach Of Social And Cultural Anthropology Includes Introductory Chapter And 38 Leading Articles On Ethnographic Fieldwork In Cultural Anthropology, Organized Around Ten Themes – Beginnings; Fieldwork Identity; Fieldwork Relations And Rapport; The Other Talks Back; Conflicts, Hazards, And Dangers In Fieldwork; Ethics; Multi-sited Fieldwork; Sensorial Fieldwork; Reflexive Ethnography; And Fictive Fieldwork And Fieldwork Novels. Front Cover ......Page 1 Title Page ......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Dedication ......Page 11 About the Editors......Page 12 Editors' Acknowledgments......Page 13 Acknowledgments to Sources......Page 14 Fieldwork in Cultural Anthropology: An Introduction......Page 18 Part I Beginnings......Page 46 1. The Observation of Savage Peoples......Page 50 2. The Methods of Ethnology......Page 57 3. Method an d Scope of Anthropological Fieldwork......Page 63 Part II Fieldwork Identity......Page 76 4. A Woman Going Native......Page 82 5. Sex, Color, and Rites of Passage in Ethnographic Research......Page 93 6. Walking the Fire Line: The Erotic Dimension of the Fieldwork Experience......Page 110 7. Self-Conscious Anthropology......Page 125 Part III Fieldwork Relations and Rapport......Page 138 8. Champukwi of the Village of the Tapirs......Page 144 9. Behind Many Masks: Ethnography and Impression Management......Page 154 10. Ethnographic Seduction, Transference, and Resistance in Dialogues about Terror and Violence in Argentina......Page 176 Part IV The ''Other'' Talks Back......Page 194 11. Custer Died for Your Sins......Page 200 12. Here Come the Anthros......Page 208 13. When They Read What the Papers Say We Wrote......Page 211 14. Ire in Ireland......Page 219 Part V Fieldwork Conflicts, Hazards and Dangers......Page 234 15. Ethnology in a Revolutionary Setting......Page 240 16. Human Hazards of Fieldwork......Page 251 17. War on the Front Lines......Page 262 18. Reflections on Managing Danger in Fieldwork: Dangerous Anthropology in Belfast......Page 276 Part VI Fieldwork Ethics......Page 288 19. The Life and Death of Project Camelot......Page 294 20. Confronting the Ethics of Ethnography: Lessons From Fieldwork in Central America......Page 305 21. Ethics versus ''Realism'' in Anthropology......Page 315 22. Healing Dilemmas......Page 333 23. Code of Ethics......Page 342 Part VII Multi-Sited Fieldwork......Page 348 24. Beyond "culture": Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference......Page 354 25. Afghanistan, Ethnography, and the New World Order......Page 364 26. Being There ... and There ... and There! Reflections on Multi-Site Ethnography......Page 376 27. Ethnography in/of Transnational Processes: Following Gyres in the Worlds of Big Science and European Integration......Page 385 Part VIII Sensorial Fieldwork......Page 402 28. Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis......Page 406 29. The Taste of Ethnographic Things......Page 421 30. Dialogic Editing: Interpreting How Kaluli Read Sound and Sentiment......Page 434 31. Senses......Page 448 Part IX Reflexive Ethnography......Page 460 32. Fieldwork and Friendship in Morocco......Page 464 33. Tuhami: Portrait of a Moroccan......Page 472 34. The Way Things Are Said......Page 482 35. On Ethnographic Authority......Page 493 Part X Fictive Fieldwork and Fieldwork Novels......Page 510 36. Return to Laughter......Page 516 37. The Teachings of Don Juan: AYaqui Way of Knowledge......Page 524 38. Shabono: A True Adventure in the Remote and Magical Heart of the South American Jungle......Page 531 Appendix 1: Key Ethnographic, Sociological, Qualitative, and Multidisciplinary Fieldwork Methods Texts......Page 538 Appendix 2: Edited Cultural Anthropology Volumes on Fieldwork Experiences......Page 540 Appendix 3: Reflexive Accounts of Fieldwork and Ethnographies Which Include Accounts of Fieldwork......Page 542 Appendix 4: leading Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork Methods Texts......Page 544 Appendix 5: Early and Classic Anthropological Writings on Fieldwork, including Diaries and Letters......Page 546 NOTE TO CHAPTER 4......Page 547 NOTES TO CHAPTER 5......Page 548 NOTES TO CHAPTER 6......Page 549 NOTES TO CHAPTER 10......Page 551 NOTES TO CHAPTER 13......Page 553 NOTES TO CHAPTER 17......Page 554 NOTES TO CHAPTER 18......Page 556 NOTES TO CHAPTER 21......Page 557 NOTES TO CHAPTER 22......Page 558 NOTES TO CHAPTER 26......Page 559 NOTES TO CHAPTER 29......Page 560 NOTES TO CHAPTER 30......Page 561 NOTES TO CHAPTER 33......Page 562 NOTES TO CHAPTER 35......Page 564 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER FIELDWORK IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION......Page 566 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 3......Page 574 REFERENCES TO PART II......Page 575 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 5......Page 576 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 6......Page 578 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 7......Page 580 REFERENCES TO PART III......Page 582 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 10......Page 583 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 13......Page 585 REFERENCES TO PART V......Page 586 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 16......Page 587 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 17......Page 588 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 18......Page 589 REFERENCES TO PART VI......Page 590 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 20......Page 591 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 21......Page 593 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 22......Page 595 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 24......Page 596 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 26......Page 598 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 27......Page 599 REFERENCES TO PART VIII......Page 600 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 29......Page 601 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 30......Page 602 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 31......Page 603 REFERENCES TO PART IX......Page 605 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 33......Page 606 REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 35......Page 607 REFERENCES TO PART X......Page 610 Index......Page 612 Back Cover ......Page 634 Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthology Provides Readers With A Good Sense Of The Breadth, Variation, And Complexity Of The Fieldwork Enterprise. Selections Are Therefore Not Restricted To Discussions Of Data Gathering Proper, But Include Engaging Work Ranging From Issues Of Professional Identity And Fieldwork Relations To Ethnographic Writing. After Reading Ethnographic Fieldwork, Students Will Have A Good Sense Of Classic And Contemporary Reflections On Fieldwork, The Tensions Between Self And Other, The Relationships Between Anthropologists And Informants, Conflicts And Ethical Challenges, Various Types Of Ethnographic Research, And Different Styles Of Writing About Fieldwork. Fieldwork In Cultural Anthropology: An Introduction / Jeffrey A. Sluka An Antonius C.g.m. Robben --- Part I: Beginnings --- Part Ii: Fieldwork Identity --- Part Iii: Fieldwork Relations And Rapport --- Part Iv: The Other Talks Back --- Part V: Fieldwork Conflicts, Hazards, And Dangers --- Part Vi: Fieldwork Ethics --- Part Vii: Multi-sited Fieldwork --- Part Viii. Sensorial Fieldwork --- Part Ix: Reflective Ethnography --- Part X: Fictive Fieldwork And Fieldwork Novels. Edited By Antonius C.g.m. Robben And Jeffrey A. Sluka. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [549]-593) And Index.