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The art of fieldwork / Harry F. Wolcott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, c2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: vi, 292 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0759107963 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0759107971 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.8/00723 22
LOC classification:
  • GN346 .W65 2005
Contents:
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Fieldwork as art? -- Ch. 3. How art works -- Ch. 4. Fieldwork versus (just) being in the field -- Ch. 5. Fieldwork : the basic arts -- Ch. 6. Fieldwork : the darker arts -- Ch. 7. The art of (conceptual) self-defense -- Ch. 8. The art of conceptualizing -- Ch. 9. The art of self-expression -- Ch. 10. The satisfactions of fieldwork -- Ch. 11. The art of discretion.
Review: "In this second edition of The Art of Fieldwork, prominent anthropologist and educational researcher Harry F. Wolcott updates his original groundbreaking text, which both challenges and petitions anthropology and its practitioners to draw both on the traditional precepts of science and on the richness of artistry in the collection, interpretation, and expression of fieldwork data. Each of the original chapters has been revised to reflect the past decade of developments in methodoloy."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and indexes.

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Fieldwork as art? -- Ch. 3. How art works -- Ch. 4. Fieldwork versus (just) being in the field -- Ch. 5. Fieldwork : the basic arts -- Ch. 6. Fieldwork : the darker arts -- Ch. 7. The art of (conceptual) self-defense -- Ch. 8. The art of conceptualizing -- Ch. 9. The art of self-expression -- Ch. 10. The satisfactions of fieldwork -- Ch. 11. The art of discretion.

"In this second edition of The Art of Fieldwork, prominent anthropologist and educational researcher Harry F. Wolcott updates his original groundbreaking text, which both challenges and petitions anthropology and its practitioners to draw both on the traditional precepts of science and on the richness of artistry in the collection, interpretation, and expression of fieldwork data. Each of the original chapters has been revised to reflect the past decade of developments in methodoloy."--BOOK JACKET.

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