Centralizing Fieldwork

Critical Perspectives from Primatology, Biological and Social Anthropology

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Av Jeremy MacClancy, Agustín Fuentes, Agustin Fuentes, Jeremy Macclancy

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Fieldwork is a central method of research throughout anthropology, a much-valued, much-vaunted mode of generating information. But its nature and process have been seriously understudied in biological anthropology and primatology. This book is the first ever comparative investigation, across primatology, biological anthropology, and social anthropology, to look critically at this key research practice. It is also an innovative way to further the comparative project within a broadly conceived anthropology, because it does not focus on common theory but on a common method. The questions asked by contributors are: what in the pursuit of fieldwork is common to all three disciplines, what is unique to each, how much is contingent, how much necessary? Can we generate well-grounded cross-disciplinary generalizations about this mutual research method, and are there are any telling differences? Co-edited by a social anthropologist and a primatologist, the book includes a list of distinguished and well-established contributors from primatology and biological anthropology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-12-01
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt417 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRethinking Biosocial Anthropology
Antal sidor310
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781845457433

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Chapter 1. Centralizing FieldworkJeremy MacClancy and Agustín FuentesChapter 2. The Do’s and Don’ts of FieldworkGeoffrey A. HarrisonChapter 3. The Anthropologist as a Primatologist: Mental Journeys of a FieldworkerVolker SommerChapter 4. Primate Fieldwork and its Human Contexts in Southern MadagascarRobert W. SussmanChapter 5. Problem Animals or Problem People? Ethics, Politics and Practice or Conflict between Community Perspectives and Fieldwork on ConservationPhyllis C. LeeChapter 6. Ecological Anthropology and Primatology: Fieldwork Practices and Mutual BenefitsJuichi YamagiwaChapter 7. Lost in Translation: Field Primatology, Culture, and Interdisciplinary ApproachesNobuyuki KutsukakeChapter 8. Measuring Meaning and Understanding in Primatological and Biological Anthropology Fieldwork: Context and PracticeAgustín FuentesChapter 9. Fieldwork as Research Process and Community EngagementMark Eggerman and Catherine Panter-BrickChapter 10. Framing the Quantitative within the Qualitative: Why Biological Anthropologists do FieldworkLyliane RosettaChapter 11. Considerations on Field Methods used to assess Non-human Primate Feeding Behaviours and Human Food Intake in terms of nutritional requirementsClaude Marcel HladikChapter 12. Anthropobiological Surveys in the Field: A reflection on the Bioethics of Human Medical and DNA SurveysAlain FromentChapter 13. Field Schools in Central America: playing a pivotal role in the formation of modern field primatologistsKatherine C. MacKinnonChapter 14. The Narrator’s Stance: Story-telling and Science at Berenty ReserveAlison JollyChapter 15. Natural Homes: Primate Fieldwork and the Anthropological MethodPamela J. AsquithChapter 16. Popularizing Fieldwork: Examples from Primatology and Biological AnthropologyJeremy MacClancyIndex