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Abstract
This book draws on the experience of international anthropologists from Italy, the Himalayas, Northern England, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Being There examines the close relationships anthropologists establish with friends and informants in the field. Collectively they describe the varying ways in which that closeness affects the nature of the anthropologists’ observation, as well as an understanding of themselves and their discipline.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTENTS | iii | ||
| NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS | vi | ||
| INTRODUCTION: THE QUALITY OF BEING THERE | 1 | ||
| ‘ANOTHER BOOK ON THE EXPERIENCE OF FIELDWORK?’ | 7 | ||
| DEGREES OF STRANGENESS | 15 | ||
| NOTES | 18 | ||
| REFERENCES | 22 | ||
| 1 FICTIONS OF FIELDWORK: DEPICTING THE SELF IN ETHNOGRAPHIC WRITING ( ITALY) | 25 | ||
| RETHINKING THE CONCEPT OF ‘FIELDWORK ’ | 25 | ||
| PROBLEMS WITH THE NOTION OF ‘REFLEXIVITY ’ | 27 | ||
| PRE-FIELDWORK FIELDWORK,OR,FORMATIVE\r EXPERIENCES OF A WOULD-BE ANTHROPOLOGIST | 30 | ||
| SOLVING THE RIDDLES OF CULTURE: POST-FIELDWORK FIELDWORK | 39 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 44 | ||
| NOTES | 46 | ||
| REFERENCES | 46 | ||
| 2 LOCATION AND RELOCATION: HOME, THE FIELD AND ANTHROPOLOGICALETHICS ( SYLHET, BANGLADESH) | 49 | ||
| FEMINISM AND THE REVISED POLITICS OF LOCATION | 50 | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE REVISED POLITICS OF LOCATION | 52 | ||
| FIELDWORK: A BACKGROUND | 53 | ||
| PURDAH AND GENDER | 55 | ||
| MIGRATION | 63 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 70 | ||
| NOTES | 71 | ||
| REFERENCES | 71 | ||
| 3 ON ETHNOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE: FORMATIVE AND INFORMATIVE ( NIAS, INDONESIA) | 74 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 74 | ||
| FIELD PERSONA AND POINT OF VIEW | 79 | ||
| A FEAST OF MERIT | 81 | ||
| RETROSPECT | 94 | ||
| NOTE | 96 | ||
| REFERENCES | 97 | ||
| 4 LEARNING TO BE FRIENDS: PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION AMONGST ENGLISH SCHOOL- CHILDREN ( THE MIDLANDS, ENGLAND) | 98 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 98 | ||
| A PROLOGUE | 99 | ||
| THE SCENE | 101 | ||
| ACT 1: CONTEXTS AND CONTEXTUALISING | 105 | ||
| ACT 2: TEASING AND TEASING OUT | 111 | ||
| ACT 3: REFLEX AND REFLEXIVITY | 114 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 116 | ||
| NOTES | 118 | ||
| REFERENCES | 118 | ||
| 5 THE END IN THE BEGINNING: NEW YEAR AT RIZONG ( THE HIMALAYAS) | 121 | ||
| PROLOGUE | 121 | ||
| TEXT AND CONTEXT | 124 | ||
| THE REFLECTIONS OF A HYSTERIC | 131 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 136 | ||
| NOTES | 138 | ||
| REFERENCES | 138 | ||
| 6 A DIMINISHMENT: A DEATH IN THE FIELD ( KERINCI, INDONESIA) | 141 | ||
| THE CONTEXT | 146 | ||
| BEING IN THE FIELD – THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LEARNING | 149 | ||
| THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RELATIONSHIP | 152 | ||
| DULCE RIDENTEM | 155 | ||
| RETROSPECT | 159 | ||
| REFERENCES | 162 | ||
| Index | 164 | ||
| anthropologist | 5 | ||
| as adoptive kin 5 | 5 | ||
| as adoptive kin 32 | 32 | ||
| as adoptive kin 39 | 39 | ||
| as adoptive kin 53-5 | 53 | ||
| as adoptive kin 54 | 54 | ||
| as adoptive kin 55 | 55 | ||
| as adoptive kin 56 | 56 | ||
| as adoptive kin 64 | 64 | ||
| as adoptive kin 83 | 83 | ||
| as adoptive kin 159 | 159 | ||
| as adoptive kin 161 | 161 | ||
| as migrant 131-2 | 131 | ||
| as object of anthropology 45 | 45 | ||
| as research tool 4 | 4 | ||
| as research tool 75 | 75 | ||
| as research tool 143 | 143 | ||
| as status symbol for fieldwork hosts 31 | 31 | ||
| authority conferred on 50 | 50 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 16 | 16 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 25 | 25 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 42 | 42 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 44 | 44 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 52-3 | 52 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 56 | 56 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 60-1 | 60 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 68-9 | 68 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 70 | 70 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 71 | 71 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 94 | 94 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 105 | 105 | ||
| changes in anthropologist's perception 122 | 122 | ||
| changes in relationship withfieldwork informants and data 53 | 53 | ||
| changes in relationship withfieldwork informants and data 69-71 | 69 | ||
| changes in relationship withfieldwork informants and data 78 | 78 | ||
| changes in relationship withfieldwork informants and data 80 | 80 | ||
| changes in relationship withfieldwork informants and data 82-92 | 82 | ||
| changes in relationship withfieldwork informants and data 103 | 103 | ||
| changes in relationship withfieldwork informants and data 127 | 127 | ||
| changes in relationship withfieldwork informants and data 153-9 | 153 | ||
| fitness for the task 143 | 143 | ||
| journalists distinguished 160 | 160 | ||
| location in ethnographic accounts 10 | 10 | ||
| location in ethnographic accounts 50 | 50 | ||
| location in ethnographic accounts 68 | 68 | ||
| location in ethnographic accounts 95 | 95 | ||
| location in ethnographic accounts 141-3 | 141 | ||
| mistaken for a spy 54 | 54 | ||
| mistaken for a spy 64-5 | 64 | ||
| motivation of 145 | 145 | ||
| motivation of 159 | 159 |