The Art Of Fieldwork

In this long-anticipated second edition of The Art of Fieldwork, prominent anthropologist Harry F. Wolcott updates his original groundbreaking text, which both challenges and petitions anthropology and its practitioners to draw not only on the traditional precepts of science, but also on the richness of artistry in the collection, interpretation, and expression of fieldwork data.

Harry F. Wolcott is professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon.

PART I FIELDWORK CONTEXTS

1

(54)

Introduction

3

(12)

Fieldwork as Art?

15

(10)

How Art Works

25

(30)

PART II THE FIELDWORK PART OF FIELDWORK

55

(92)

Fieldwork versus (Just) Being in the Field

57

(22)

Fieldwork: The Basic Arts

79

(36)

Fieldwork: The Darker Arts

115

(32)

PART III FIELDWORK AS MINDWORK

147

(64)

The Art of (Conceptual) Self-Defense

151

(18)

The Art of Conceptualizing

169

(20)

The Art of Self-Expression

189

(22)

PART IV FIELDWORK AS PERSONAL WORK

211

(50)

The Satisfactions of Fieldwork

213

(16)

The Art of Discretion

229

(32)

References and Select Bibliography

261

(22)

Name Index

283

(4)

Subject Index

287

(4)

About the Author/About the Book

291

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