Doing Anthropological Research - A Practical Guide

A practical and methodological toolkit for carrying out anthropological research.

List of contents

Introduction: about Doing Anthropological Research (Natalie Konopinski) 1. Getting started: the search for anthropological questions (Tobias Kelly) 2. Planning your research project (Laura Jeffery and Natalie Konopinski) 3. On the primary importance of secondary research (Neil Thin) 4. Doing research: anthropology and ethnographic fieldwork (Joost Fontein) 5. Doing research: fieldwork practicalities (Joost Fontein) 6. Ethics (Ian Harper) 7. Sorting things out: organizing and interpreting your data (Lotte Hoek) 8. Communicating the research and writing up (John Harries) Conclusion: After the dissertation (Natalie Konopinski).

About the author

Natalie Konopinski received her PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and has taught anthropological research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is currently a Visiting Scholar at George Mason University, USA.

Summary

A practical and methodological toolkit for carrying out anthropological research.

Product details

• Authors: Natalie Konopinski
• Assisted by: Natalie Konopinski (Editor), Konopinski Natalie (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.07.2013
• EAN: 9780415697545
• ISBN: 978-0-415-69754-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social groups, Social and cultural anthropology, Social groups, communities and identities