Watson, C. W.

Being there: fieldwork in anthropology - London Pluto Press c1999 - vii, 169p. ; 22 cm. - Anthropology, Culture, and Society .

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.

9780745314921


Anthropology
Sociology
Anthropology--Philosophy

301.07 WAT/B