Fieldwork Books

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Taboo: Sex, Identity and Erotic Subjectivity in Anthropological Fieldwork Taboo: Sex, Identity and Erotic Subjectivity in Anthropological Fieldwork (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.94 — 36 ratings — published 1995
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Shadows in the Field: New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology Shadows in the Field: New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.92 — 80 ratings — published 1996
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Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.90 — 760 ratings — published 1986
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Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.83 — 957 ratings — published 1995
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Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.68 — 599 ratings — published 1977
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Fieldnotes: The Makings of Anthropology Fieldnotes: The Makings of Anthropology (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.60 — 25 ratings — published 1990
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Observers Observed: Essays on Ethnographic Fieldwork (Volume 1) (History of Anthropology) Observers Observed: Essays on Ethnographic Fieldwork (Volume 1) (History of Anthropology)
by (shelved 2 times as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.89 — 18 ratings — published 1984
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.97 — 6,235 ratings — published 2008
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Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society (updated with a new preface) Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society (updated with a new preface)
by (shelved 2 times as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,501 ratings — published 1986
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Tuhami: Portrait of a Moroccan Tuhami: Portrait of a Moroccan (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.67 — 185 ratings — published 1980
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Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,806 ratings — published 1996
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The Ethnographic Interview The Ethnographic Interview (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.07 — 197 ratings — published 1979
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Learning from Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies Learning from Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.76 — 308 ratings — published 1995
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Against the Anthropocene: Visual Culture and Environment Today Against the Anthropocene: Visual Culture and Environment Today (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.03 — 156 ratings — published 2017
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Listening After Nature: Field Recording, Ecology, Critical Practice Listening After Nature: Field Recording, Ecology, Critical Practice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.00 — 8 ratings — published
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Coffins on Our Shoulders: The Experience of the Palestinian Citizens of Isræl Coffins on Our Shoulders: The Experience of the Palestinian Citizens of Isræl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.00 — 13 ratings — published 2005
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Engendering Forced Migration: Theory and Practice Engendering Forced Migration: Theory and Practice (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 1998
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Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees and Lewiston, Maine (Global Insecurities) Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees and Lewiston, Maine (Global Insecurities)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.42 — 106 ratings — published 2016
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Savage Systems: Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa (Studies in Religion and Culture) Savage Systems: Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa (Studies in Religion and Culture)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.14 — 44 ratings — published 1996
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How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.10 — 383 ratings — published 2020
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Gods in the World: Placemaking and Healing in the Himalayas (Religion, Culture, and Public Life) Gods in the World: Placemaking and Healing in the Himalayas (Religion, Culture, and Public Life)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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Field Rhetoric: Ethnography, Ecology, and Engagement in the Places of Persuasion (Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique) Field Rhetoric: Ethnography, Ecology, and Engagement in the Places of Persuasion (Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published
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In the Field: The art of field recording In the Field: The art of field recording (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.29 — 112 ratings — published 2013
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Writing the Field Recording: Sound, Word, Environment Writing the Field Recording: Sound, Word, Environment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published
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溢出:中国制造未来史 溢出:中国制造未来史 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.89 — 9 ratings — published
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Fieldwork for Future Ecologies: Radical Practice for Art and Art-Based Research (Onomatopee, 225) Fieldwork for Future Ecologies: Radical Practice for Art and Art-Based Research (Onomatopee, 225)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published
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Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2) Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.23 — 230,899 ratings — published 1909
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The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.18 — 529 ratings — published 1997
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Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil (Centennial Book) Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil (Centennial Book)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,176 ratings — published 1992
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Collaborations: Anthropology in a Neoliberal Age Collaborations: Anthropology in a Neoliberal Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
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Learn to Write Badly: How to Succeed in the Social Sciences Learn to Write Badly: How to Succeed in the Social Sciences (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.96 — 92 ratings — published 2013
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Phonetic Data Analysis: An Introduction to Fieldwork and Instrumental Techniques Phonetic Data Analysis: An Introduction to Fieldwork and Instrumental Techniques (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.52 — 25 ratings — published 2003
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Ghosts of War in Vietnam (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare, Series Number 27) Ghosts of War in Vietnam (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare, Series Number 27)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.80 — 82 ratings — published 2008
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Writing Anthropology: A Call for Uninhibited Methods (Palgrave Pivot) Writing Anthropology: A Call for Uninhibited Methods (Palgrave Pivot)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2013
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Multisituated: Ethnography as Diasporic Praxis Multisituated: Ethnography as Diasporic Praxis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published
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Other People's Anthropologies: Ethnographic Practice on the Margins Other People's Anthropologies: Ethnographic Practice on the Margins (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 2008
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Reversed Gaze: An African Ethnography of American Anthropology Reversed Gaze: An African Ethnography of American Anthropology (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.93 — 41 ratings — published 2010
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The Interview: An Ethnographic Approach (ASA Monographs) The Interview: An Ethnographic Approach (ASA Monographs)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.25 — 8 ratings — published 2012
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Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.61 — 67 ratings — published 2019
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On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.06 — 174 ratings — published
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Research As Resistance: Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches Research As Resistance: Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.32 — 76 ratings — published
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Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.47 — 2,026 ratings — published 1999
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Anthropology and Social Theory: Culture, Power, and the Acting Subject Anthropology and Social Theory: Culture, Power, and the Acting Subject (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 4.12 — 128 ratings — published 2006
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Being There: The Fieldwork Encounter and the Making of Truth Being There: The Fieldwork Encounter and the Making of Truth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.14 — 7 ratings — published 2009
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Strangers Either Way: The Lives of Croatian Refugees in their New Home Strangers Either Way: The Lives of Croatian Refugees in their New Home (Library Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 2007
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Antropology and the Colonial Encounter Antropology and the Colonial Encounter (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as fieldwork)
avg rating 3.93 — 58 ratings — published 1973
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“We cannot achieve immersion without bringing our subjectivity into play.”
Sherryl Kleinman, Emotions and Fieldwork

Roy Wagner
“It is worthwhile studying other peoples, because every understanding of another culture is an experiment with our own.”
Roy Wagner, The Invention of Culture

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