Locating the Field
Title | Locating the Field PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Coleman |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2020-09-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1000190099 |
Are reports of the death of conventional fieldwork in anthropology greatly exaggerated? This book takes a critical look at the latest developments and key issues in fieldwork. The nature of 'locality' itself is problematic for both research subjects and fieldworkers, on the grounds that it must now be maintained and represented in relation to widening (and fragmenting) social frames and networks. Such developments have raised questions concerning the nature of ethnographic presence and scales of comparison. From the social space of a cybercafe to cities in India, the UK and South Africa among others, this book features a wide range of ethnographic studies that provide new ways of looking at the concepts of 'locality' and 'site'. It shows that rather than taking key fieldwork processes such as globalization and mobility for granted, anthropologists are well-placed to examine and critique the totalizing assumptions behind these notions.
Anthropological Locations
Title | Anthropological Locations PDF eBook |
Author | Akhil Gupta |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2023-09-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0520342399 |
Among the social sciences, anthropology relies most fundamentally on "fieldwork"—the long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis for knowledge. In an era when anthropologists are studying topics that resist geographical localization, this book initiates a long-overdue discussion of the political and epistemological implications of the disciplinary commitment to fieldwork. These innovative, stimulating essays—carefully chosen to form a coherent whole—interrogate the notion of "the field," showing how the concept is historically constructed and exploring the consequences of its dominance. The essays discuss anthropological work done in places (in refugee camps, on television) or among populations (gays and lesbians, homeless people in the United States) that challenge the traditional boundaries of "the field." The contributors suggest alternative methodologies appropriate for contemporary problems and ultimately propose a reformation of the discipline of anthropology.
Locating the Field
Title | Locating the Field PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Coleman |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2020-09-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1000183467 |
Are reports of the death of conventional fieldwork in anthropology greatly exaggerated? This book takes a critical look at the latest developments and key issues in fieldwork. The nature of 'locality' itself is problematic for both research subjects and fieldworkers, on the grounds that it must now be maintained and represented in relation to widening (and fragmenting) social frames and networks. Such developments have raised questions concerning the nature of ethnographic presence and scales of comparison. From the social space of a cybercafe to cities in India, the UK and South Africa among others, this book features a wide range of ethnographic studies that provide new ways of looking at the concepts of 'locality' and 'site'. It shows that rather than taking key fieldwork processes such as globalization and mobility for granted, anthropologists are well-placed to examine and critique the totalizing assumptions behind these notions.
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Title | A Field Guide to Getting Lost PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Solnit |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2006-06-27 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1101118717 |
“An intriguing amalgam of personal memoir, philosophical speculation, natural lore, cultural history, and art criticism.” —Los Angeles Times From the award-winning author of Orwell's Roses, a stimulating exploration of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknown Written as a series of autobiographical essays, A Field Guide to Getting Lost draws on emblematic moments and relationships in Rebecca Solnit's life to explore issues of uncertainty, trust, loss, memory, desire, and place. Solnit is interested in the stories we use to navigate our way through the world, and the places we traverse, from wilderness to cities, in finding ourselves, or losing ourselves. While deeply personal, her own stories link up to larger stories, from captivity narratives of early Americans to the use of the color blue in Renaissance painting, not to mention encounters with tortoises, monks, punk rockers, mountains, deserts, and the movie Vertigo. The result is a distinctive, stimulating voyage of discovery.
Safer Field Research in the Social Sciences
Title | Safer Field Research in the Social Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | Jannis Grimm |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2020-03-30 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1529723531 |
From research preparations to post-research debriefing, this book covers every stage of the social research process, outlining how to undertake fieldwork as safely as possible.
Instructions to Locating Engineers and Field Parties
Title | Instructions to Locating Engineers and Field Parties PDF eBook |
Author | Fred Lavis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Railroads |
ISBN |
Bibliographic Formats and Standards
Title | Bibliographic Formats and Standards PDF eBook |
Author | OCLC. |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Cataloging |
ISBN |
Describes the manual, Bibliographic Formats and Standards, 2nd. ed., a revised guide to machine-readable cataloging records in the WorldCat. Describes conventions. Describes and provides an example of input standards tables. Addresses revisions of the manual as well as ordering and distribution. Includes acknowledgements. Provides a link to the table of contents.