In the Field
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In the Field
Life and Work in Cultural Anthropology
George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch
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University of California Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gmelch, George, author. | Gmelch, Sharon, author.
Title: In the field : life and work in cultural anthropology / George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch.
Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2017050751 (print) | LCCN 2017056498 (ebook) | ISBN 9780520964211 (ebook) | ISBN 9780520289611 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780520289628 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Anthropology—Fieldwork. | Ethnology—Methodology.
Classification: LCC GN346 (ebook) | LCC GN346 .G54 2018 (print) | DDC 306.072/3—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017050751
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Contents
2.First Fieldwork: Irish Travellers
3.Politics and Fieldwork: Nomads in English Cities
4.Applying Anthropology in an Alaskan National Park
5.Studying Subsistence in Sitka
6.On the Move: Work and Mobility in Newfoundland
7.Native Anthropology: Studying the Culture of Baseball
8.Falling into Fieldwork in Japan
9.Photography and Film in Ireland and Alaska
10.Taking Students to the Field: Barbados
11.When the Field Is a City: Hobart, Tasmania
12.In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro: Students in Tanzania
13.Fieldwork from Campus
14.The Changing Nature of Fieldwork
Appendix Discussion Points
Notes
References
Index
Illustrations
2-1.Sharon and George Gmelch in Santa Barbara, California just before leaving for fieldwork, 1971
2-2.A typical unauthorized Traveller camp in Finglas, county Dublin
2-3.The late-morning routine at Holylands as people mobilize for work
2-4.Taking
