People Studying People: The Human Element in Fieldwork

Georges, Robert A. and Michael O. Jones

ISBN 10: 0520040678 / ISBN 13: 9780520040670

Edité par University of California Press, 1980

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1980. Anthropological Theory. University of California Press. 178p., very good paperback.5/24.

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• Titre: People Studying People: The Human Element in Fieldwork
• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date de parution: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0520040678
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780520040670
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

The authors of this book demonstrate that fieldwork is first and foremost a human pursuit. They draw upon published and unpublished accounts of fieldworkers' personal experiences to develop the thesis that an appreciation of fieldwork as a unique mode of inquiry depends upon an understanding of the role the human element plays in it. They analyze the processes involved when people study people firsthand, focusing upon the recurrent human problems that arise and must be solved. The human processes and problems, they argue, are common to all fieldwork, regardless of the disciplinary backgrounds or the specific interests of individual researchers.