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The art of fieldwork / Harry F. Wolcott.

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ISBN	0759107963 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0759107971 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author	Wolcott, Harry F., 1929-
Title	The art of fieldwork / Harry F. Wolcott.
Edition	2nd ed.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Walnut Creek, CA : Altamira Press, c2005.
Description	vi, 292 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Fieldwork as art? -- Ch. 3. How art works -- Ch. 4. Fieldwork versus (just) being in the field -- Ch. 5. Fieldwork : the basic arts -- Ch. 6. Fieldwork : the darker arts -- Ch. 7. The art of (conceptual) self-defense -- Ch. 8. The art of conceptualizing -- Ch. 9. The art of self-expression -- Ch. 10. The satisfactions of fieldwork -- Ch. 11. The art of discretion.
Summary	"In this second edition of The Art of Fieldwork, prominent anthropologist and educational researcher Harry F. Wolcott updates his original groundbreaking text, which both challenges and petitions anthropology and its practitioners to draw both on the traditional precepts of science and on the richness of artistry in the collection, interpretation, and expression of fieldwork data. Each of the original chapters has been revised to reflect the past decade of developments in methodoloy."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects	Ethnology -- Field work
	Ethnology -- Methodology
	Ethnology -- Philosophy
Call number	305.800723 WOL

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