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Locating the Field: Space, Place and Context in Anthropology

Paperback • 2007 • English

Locating the Field: Space, Place and Context in Anthropology

By Peter Collins, Simon Coleman

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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 the nature of ethnographic presence and scales of...Show more

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9781845204037

Published year

2007

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English

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Locating the Field: Space, Place and Context in Anthropology

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