- Additional Authors
- Gmelch, Sharon.
- Description
- 1 online resource.
- Summary
- "This book offers students an invaluable look at what cultural anthropologists do when they are in the field. Through fascinating and often entertaining,accounts of their lives and work in varied cultural settings, the authors describe the many forms fieldwork can take, the kinds of questions anthropologists ask, and the common problems they encounter. From these accounts and the experiences of the student field workers the authors have mentored over the years, In the field makes a powerful case for the value of the anthropological approach to knowledge."--Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- In the field (Online)
- Alternative Title
- In the field (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Contents
- The fieldwork tradition -- First fieldwork : Irish travellers -- Politics and fieldwork : nomads in English cities -- Applying anthropology in an Alaskan national park -- Studying subsistence in Sitka -- On the move : work and mobility in Newfoundland -- Native anthropology : studying the culture of baseball -- Falling into fieldwork in Japan -- Visual anthropology in Alaska and Ireland -- Taking students to the field in the Caribbean -- When the field is a city : Hobart, Tasmania -- In the shadow of KIlimanjaro: students in Tanzania -- Fieldwork from campus -- The changing nature of fieldwork.
- LCCN
- 2017056498
- OCLC
- ssj0001978733
- Author
Gmelch, George.
- Title
In the field [electronic resource] : life and work in cultural anthropology / George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch.
- Imprint
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gmelch, Sharon.
- Other Form:
Print version: Gmelch, George, author. In the field Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520289611 (DLC) 2017050751