Dispatches from the field : neophyte ethnographers in a changing world /

Dispatches from the field : neophyte ethnographers in a changing world / [print] edited by] Andrew Gardner, David M. Hoffman. - Long Grove, Illinois : Waveland Press, (c)2006. - viii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Fieldwork and writing 'from' the field Swimming through fieldwork : constructing trust in the Mexican Caribbean Sleeping with one eye open : the perils of fieldwork in a Brazilian juvenile prison Pangs of guilt : transnational ethnography, motherhood, and moral dilemmas in Central America The unwelcome guest : episodes from a year in Bahrain Of goats and foreigners : research lessons on Soqotra Island, Yemen Anger management : working through identity and objectification in Indonesia Fieldwork in coca country : investigating democracy and development in the Bolivian Andes Dispatch from the Sahelian range : renegotiating expectations and relationships among the Wodaabe of Niger Belief in "Cancer Alley" : church, chemicals, and community in New Sarpy, Louisiana Laboring under illusionism : notes from the study of French magic Bonding with the field : on researching surrogate motherhood arrangements in Israel Erasing SARS : outbreak reflections on the ethnographic process Initiating change : doing action research in Japan The 'other' city of angels : ethnography with the Bangkok police David M. Hoffman and Andrew M. Gardner -- David M. Hoffman -- Kristen Drybeard -- Kate Goldade -- Andrew M. Gardner -- Nathalie Peutz -- Greg Simon -- Caroline S. Conzelman -- Karen Marie Greenough -- Gwen Ottinger -- Graham M. Jones -- Elly Teman -- Megan Tracy -- Akihiro Ogawa -- Eric J. Haanstad.



9781577664512


Ethnology--Fieldwork.

GN346.H699.D577 2006 GN346