Anthropologists in the Field - Cases in Participant Observation

Informationen zum Autor Lynne Hume and Jane Mulcock Klappentext All too often anthropologists and other social scientists go into the field with unrealistic expectations. Different cultural milieus are prime ground for misunderstandings! misinterpretations! and interrelational problems. This book is an excellent introduction to real-world ethnography! using familiar and not-so-familiar cultures as cases. The book covers participant observation and ethnographic interviewing! both short and long term. These methodologies are open to problems such as lack of communication! depression! hostility! danger! and moral and ethical dilemmas -- problems that are usually sanitized for publication and ignored in the curriculum. Among the intriguing topics covered are sexualized and violent environments! secrecy and disclosure! multiple roles and allegiances! insider/outsider issues! and negotiating friendship and objectivity. Zusammenfassung An excellent introduction to real-world ethnography! this book covers short- and long-term participant observation and ethnographic interviewing and uses diverse cultures as cases. Inhaltsverzeichnis Positioned EngagementAwkward Spaces! productive places: the ethnography of participant observations! by Lynne Hume and Jane MulcockEthical EngagementsAwkward Intimacies: Prostitution! Politics! and Fieldwork in Urban Mexico! by Patty KellyMulti-sited EngagementsDisclosure and Interaction in a Monastery! by Michael V. AngrosinoGoing Beyond "The West" and "The Rest": Conducting Non-Western! Non-Native Ethnography in Northern Thailand! by Ida FadzillahMultiple Roles! Statuses and Allegiances: Exploring the Ethnographic Process in Disability Culture! by Russell ShuttleworthHe's Not a Spy! He's One of Us: Ethnographic Positioning in a Middle-class Setting! by Martin ForseyDissent and Consent: Negotiating the Adoption Triangle! by Jonathan TelferDoing Ethnography in 'One's Own Ethnic Community': The Experience of an Awkward Insider! by Val Colic-Peisker"And I Can't feel at Home in this World Anymore": Fieldwork in Two Settings! by Jim Birckhead"Yo! bitch..." and Other Challenges: Bringing High-risk Ethnography into the Discourse! by Sylvie C. TourignyReflections on Fieldwork Amongst Kenyan Heroin Users! by Susan Beckerleg and Gillian Lewando HundtClosed Doors: Ethical Issues with Prison Ethnography! by John M. CoggeshallLiving in Sheds: Suicide! Friendship and Research Among the Tiwi! by Gary RobinsonPerforming and Constructing Research as Guesthood in the Study of Religions! by Graham HarveyNot Quite at Home: Field Envy and New Age Ethnographic Dis-ease! by Stewart MuirMulti-sited transnational ethnography and the shifting construction of fieldwork! by Sawa KurotaniMulti-sited Methodologies: "Homework" between Australia! Fiji and Kiribati! by Katerina Martina Teaiwa ...

Product details

• Authors: Lynne Mulcock Hume
• Assisted by: Lynne Hume (Editor), Jane Mu (Editor), Jane Mulcock (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.12.2004
• EAN: 9780231130059
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13005-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research