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Being there: fieldwork in anthropology

By: Watson, C. W
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Anthropology, Culture, and SocietyPublisher: London Pluto Press c1999Description: vii, 169p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780745314921Subject(s): Anthropology | Sociology | Anthropology -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 301.07 WAT/B Summary: This book draws on the experience of international anthropologists from Italy, the Himalayas, Northern England, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Being There examines the close relationships 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.
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This book draws on the experience of international anthropologists from Italy, the Himalayas, Northern England, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Being There examines the close relationships 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.

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