On keeping up the tension between fieldwork and ethnography
Astuti, Rita
(2017)
On keeping up the tension between fieldwork and ethnography
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 7 (1).
pp. 9-14.
ISSN 2049-1115
The transition from participant observation to ethnography is full of tensions and challenges. The author argues that anthropologists should strive to keep up the tension and respond to the challenge and she suggests two ways in which this can be done: return visits and the use of experimental techniques.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords | fieldwork,ethnography,participant observation,experimental methods,Madagascar |
| Departments | Anthropology |
| DOI | 10.14318/hau7.1.003 |
| Date Deposited | 10 Jul 2017 10:44 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/83342 |
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