Working in the Field - Anthropological Experiences Across the World

Informationen zum Autor Author Pamela J. Stewart: Pamela J. Stewart is Senior Research Associate in Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Klappentext How are ethnographic knowledge and anthropological theory created out of field experiences? Spanning Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, and Scotland, and Ireland, Stewart and Strathern show how fieldwork in apparently different areas can lead to unexpected comparisons and discoveries of similarities in human cross-cultural patterns of behavior. Zusammenfassung How are ethnographic knowledge and anthropological theory created out of field experiences? Spanning Papua New Guinea! Taiwan! and Scotland! and Ireland! Stewart and Strathern show how fieldwork in apparently different areas can lead to unexpected comparisons and discoveries of similarities in human cross-cultural patterns of behavior. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Working in Places, Moving through Spaces 1. Prologue 2. Papua New Guinea 2. Taiwan 4. Memory Conclusions

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Preface: Working in Places, Moving through Spaces 1. Prologue 2. Papua New Guinea 2. Taiwan 4. Memory Conclusions

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• Authors: Stewart, Dr Pamela J. Strathern Stewart, P Stewart, P. Stewart, Pamela J. Stewart, Pamela J. Strathern Stewart, A Strathern, A. Strathern, Andrew J. Strathern
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2014
• EAN: 9781137430977
• ISBN: 978-1-137-43097-7
• No. of pages: 107
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; C, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology, Ethnology, Social Sciences, Social & cultural anthropology, Sociology, general, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Social Anthropology, Social research & statistics, Human Geography, Sociocultural Anthropology, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Sociological Methods, fieldwork;knowledge;memory