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Author: Harry F. Wolcott
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Imprint: AltaMira Press
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.469kg
ISBN: 9780759107977
ISBN 10: 0759107971
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 20 November 2004
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Praise for the first edition: Far more than a how-to-do-it handbook, The Art of Fieldwork offers a rich, engaging discourse drawing from a lifetime of personal experiences... -- Donald A. Ritchie Routledge Studies In Memory and Narrative Wolcott updates his original groundbreaking text, in this long-anticipated second edition of The Art of Fieldwork, which appeals to anthropology and its practitioners to draw on the traditional precepts of science as well as on the richness of artistry. The Art of Fieldwork makes an exciting reentry into the ongoing debate of the processes, challenges, and rewards of fieldwork. Qualitative researchers across the disciplines will find this well-crafted, approachable book a thought-provoking read and a perfect introduction to the nuances of field methods for their students. Sir Read Alot Book Review Harry F. Wolcott's The Art of Fieldwork presents thorough and captivating discussion of the issues surrounding ethnographic fieldwork, with particular focus on the many contradictory facets of the science. It is an excellent resource for both experienced and new fieldwork researchers. Qualitative Social Research The author has many helpful suggestions for the first-time fieldworker. Journal Of The Royal Anthropological Institute Praise for the first edition: This is a fine introduction to the perils and pleasures of fieldwork. Broad, eclectic, and open, it deals with questions of both epistemology and technique straightforwardly and without pretension... -- Leslie Salzinger American Journal of Sociology Praise for the first edition: This is a fine introduction to the perils and pleasures of fieldwork. Broad, eclectic, and open, it deals with questions of both epistemology and technique straightforwardly and without pretension. -- Leslie Salzinger American Journal of Sociology Praise for the first edition: Far more than a how-to-do-it handbook, The Art of Fieldwork offers a rich, engaging discourse drawing from a lifetime of personal experiences. -- Donald A. Ritchie Routledge Studies In Memory and Narrative
Praise for the first edition: Far more than a how-to-do-it handbook, The Art of Fieldwork offers a rich, engaging discourse drawing from a lifetime of personal experiences..... -- Donald A. Ritchie, associate historian, U.S. Senate Historical Office; author of Doing Oral History * Routledge Studies In Memory and Narrative * Wolcott updates his original groundbreaking text, in this long-anticipated second edition of The Art of Fieldwork, which appeals to anthropology and its practitioners to draw on the traditional precepts of science as well as on the richness of artistry. The Art of Fieldwork makes an exciting reentry into the ongoing debate of the processes, challenges, and rewards of fieldwork. Qualitative researchers across the disciplines will find this well-crafted, approachable book a thought-provoking read and a perfect introduction to the nuances of field methods for their students. * Sir Read Alot Book Review * Harry F. Wolcott's The Art of Fieldwork presents thorough and captivating discussion of the issues surrounding ethnographic fieldwork, with particular focus on the many contradictory facets of the science. It is an excellent resource for both experienced and new fieldwork researchers. * Qualitative Social Research * The author has many helpful suggestions for the first-time fieldworker. * Journal Of The Royal Anthropological Institute * Praise for the first edition: This is a fine introduction to the perils and pleasures of fieldwork. Broad, eclectic, and open, it deals with questions of both epistemology and technique straightforwardly and without pretension..... -- Leslie Salzinger * American Journal of Sociology * Praise for the first edition: This is a fine introduction to the perils and pleasures of fieldwork. Broad, eclectic, and open, it deals with questions of both epistemology and technique straightforwardly and without pretension. -- Leslie Salzinger * American Journal of Sociology * Praise for the first edition: Far more than a how-to-do-it handbook, The Art of Fieldwork offers a rich, engaging discourse drawing from a lifetime of personal experiences. -- Donald A. Ritchie, associate historian, U.S. Senate Historical Office; author of Doing Oral History * Routledge Studies In Memory and Narrative *
Praise for the first edition: Far more than a how-to-do-it handbook, The Art of Fieldwork offers a rich, engaging discourse drawing from a lifetime of personal experiences.....--Ritchie, Donald A. Routledge Studies In Memory and Narrative
Praise for the first edition: This is a fine introduction to the perils and pleasures of fieldwork. Broad, eclectic, and open, it deals with questions of both epistemology and technique straightforwardly and without pretension.....--Salzinger, Leslie American Journal Of Sociology
Author Information
Harry F. Wolcott (1929-2012) was professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon and a leading author in anthropology and research methods. Wolcott's major works include anthropological studies of American education: Teachers Versus Technocrats and The Man in the Principal's Office: An Ethnography. He also wrote extensively on fieldwork and writing: Transforming Qualitative Data; The Art of Fieldwork; Ethnography: A Way of Seeing; and Writing Up Qualitative Data and is the author of the more recent Sneaky Kid and Its Aftermath: Ethics and Intimacy in Fieldwork (all published by AltaMira Press).
