Locating the Field: Space, Place and Context in Anthropology

by Simon Coleman

Book Overview

Are reports of the death of conventional fieldwork in anthropology greatly exaggerated? This book takes a critical look at the latest developments and key issues in fieldwork. The nature of 'locality' itself is problematic for both research subjects and fieldworkers, on the grounds that it must now be maintained and represented in relation to widening (and fragmenting) social frames and networks.

Such developments have raised questions concerning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845204034
• ISBN13: 9781845204037
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"