The tradition of intensive fieldwork by a single anthropologist in one area has been challenged by new emphasis on studying historical patterns, wider regions, and global networks. Some anthropologists have started their careers from the new vantage point, amidst a chorus of claims for innovative methodologies.
The tradition of intensive fieldwork by a single anthropologist in one area has been challenged by new emphasis on studying historical patterns, wider regions, and global networks. Some anthropologists have started their careers from the new vantage point, amidst a chorus of claims for innovative methodologies.
David Parkin has carried out field research in East Africa since 1962, much of it while at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. Current research interests include Islam, medical anthropology, socio-material prosthesis, and cross-cultural rhetorics. He is the Director of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford.
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Chapter 1. Fieldwork and the Passage of Time P. Dresch and W. James Chapter 2. Indians and Cowboys: Two Field Experiences P. Rivière Chapter 3. A View from Afar: Memories of New Guinea Highland Warfare M. O'Hanlon Chapter 4. Beyond the First Encounter: Transformations of "the Field" in North East Africa W. James Chapter 5. Templates, Evocations, and the Long-Term Fieldworker D. Parkin Chapter 6. Wilderness of Mirrors: Truth and Vulnerability in Middle Eastern Fieldwork P. Dresch Chapter 7. Serendipity: Reflections on Fieldwork in China F. Pieke Chapter 8. Fieldwork and Reflexivity: Thoughts from the Anthropology of Japan R. Goodman Chapter 9. Reflections of Life Crisis: Distancing the Personal L. Matsunaga Chapter 10. Views of Jain History M. Banks Chapter 11. The Ethnomusicologist in the Wilderness H. la Rue Chapter 12. Trying to Get There: Approaches to Indonesia R. H. Barnes Chapter 13. The Field and the Desk: Choices and Linkages N. J. Allen Epilogue: Fieldwork Unfolding D. Parkin Notes on contributors Bibliography Index
Chapter 1. Fieldwork and the Passage of Time P. Dresch and W. James Chapter 2. Indians and Cowboys: Two Field Experiences P. Rivière Chapter 3. A View from Afar: Memories of New Guinea Highland Warfare M. O'Hanlon Chapter 4. Beyond the First Encounter: Transformations of "the Field" in North East Africa W. James Chapter 5. Templates, Evocations, and the Long-Term Fieldworker D. Parkin Chapter 6. Wilderness of Mirrors: Truth and Vulnerability in Middle Eastern Fieldwork P. Dresch Chapter 7. Serendipity: Reflections on Fieldwork in China F. Pieke Chapter 8. Fieldwork and Reflexivity: Thoughts from the Anthropology of Japan R. Goodman Chapter 9. Reflections of Life Crisis: Distancing the Personal L. Matsunaga Chapter 10. Views of Jain History M. Banks Chapter 11. The Ethnomusicologist in the Wilderness H. la Rue Chapter 12. Trying to Get There: Approaches to Indonesia R. H. Barnes Chapter 13. The Field and the Desk: Choices and Linkages N. J. Allen Epilogue: Fieldwork Unfolding D. Parkin Notes on contributors Bibliography Index
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