Working in the Field [electronic resource] : Anthropological Experiences across the World /
Stewart, P.author.
Strathern, A.author.
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.
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Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: Working in Places,Moving through Spaces; Acknowledgments; 1 Prologue; 2 Papua New Guinea; 3 Taiwan; 4 Memory; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Human geography.
Ethnology.
Anthropology.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Human Geography.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Anthropology.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Sociology, general.