Working in the Field: Anthropological Experiences across the World

How are ethnographic knowledge and anthropological theory created out of field experiences? Spanning Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, and Scotland, and Ireland, Stewart and Strathern show how fieldwork in apparently different areas can lead to unexpected compari

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137428967.0001

10.1057/9781137428967 - Working in the Field, Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern

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Working in the Field

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