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One of anthropology's premier writers on fieldwork methodology looks at the essential elements that constitute the art of his discipline. In The Art of Fieldwork, Wolcott compares the fieldworker to the artist, while recognizing the inherent differences between the labors of each.

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• Part I Fieldwork Contexts(p. 1)
• Chapter 1 Introduction(p. 3)
• Chapter 2 Fieldwork as Art?(p. 15)
• Chapter 3 How Art Works(p. 25)
• Part II The Fieldwork Part of Fieldwork(p. 55)
• Chapter 4 Fieldwork versus (Just) Being in the Field(p. 57)
• Chapter 5 Fieldwork: The Basic Arts(p. 79)
• Chapter 6 Fieldwork: The Darker Arts(p. 115)
• Part III Fieldwork as Mindwork(p. 147)
• Chapter 7 The Art of (Conceptual) Self-Defense(p. 151)
• Chapter 8 The Art of Conceptualizing(p. 169)
• Chapter 9 The Art of Self-Expression(p. 189)
• Part IV Fieldwork as Personal Work(p. 211)
• Chapter 10 The Satisfactions of Fieldwork(p. 213)
• Chapter 11 The Art of Discretion(p. 229)
• References and Select Bibliography(p. 261)

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Close to a dozen books are available on ethnographic field research. Many are formulaic and seem designed to minimize the anxieties of neophyte ethnographers; this book does not fall into that category. It is thoughtful, well written, solidly documented, and not in the least patronizing. In the final chapter, Wolcott (emer., Univ. of Oregon) explains that "I now temper my enthusiasm," and proceeds to argue that a core issue in contemporary ethnography lies in how what is observed is depicted, "and what we consciously choose not to portray." All are issues of judgment, even ethics. Earlier in the book there are in-depth discussions of the context of fieldwork, the methodologies that fit particular needs and goals, and how field research and theoretical concerns must work in tandem. The basic model of fieldworker and research site remains that of the intrepid ethnographer sojourning in remote locations and bringing back tales of Otherness. Today, however, a growing number of anthropologists work in fast-changing global environments that defy an "us/them" dualism, and not a few anthropologists study their own societies. These realities are changing the discipline. This is a fine and genuinely useful book. ^BSumming Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above. O. Pi-Sunyer University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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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).