Twelve months in a tiny island village facing the wild North Sea. . . . Anderson takes readers there--to the experience of first fieldwork. Written with wit and insight, fifteen chapters (each exploring a key anthropological concept) chronicle daily life in a Danish maritime community. From the arrival of the Anderson family to their eventful departure, readers follow the professional and personal challenges of a culture change study. Forces of urbanization are turning the life (but not the soul) of thatched-roof Taarnby from the sea to the nearby city of Copenhagen. From cooking and culture shock to data gathering and childbirth, First Fieldwork animates the lighter side of fieldwork, its follies and foibles, triumphs and disasters. Anyone who has done fieldwork will identify with the humor and the pathos; anyone planning it will profit from the demystification that Anderson brings to this anthropological rite of passage. It is wonderfully human, thoroughly professional.
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Also by Barbara Anderson and available from Waveland Press: Around the World in 30 Years: The Life of a Cultural Anthropologist (ISBN 9781577660576).
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This book offer alot of details on the anthro field and it was not just the techinical details but actually personal experiences that added a life-view to the profession. Even though I may not be an anthro major I have a higher respect for it and its accomplishments from this book and the class I had on anthro.
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What follows is an account of my first fieldwork: a year of anthropological study in the fishing village of Taarnby (not the community's real name), Denmark. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Fru Rasmussen, Fru Strunge, Fru Elgaard, Fru Odstadt, Fru Olafsen, United States, Fru Viborg, Estrid Ibransen, Fru Schidt, Herr Stenersen, Herr Strunge, Meat Loaf Chefs, Talia the Terrible, The Ballad of Ole, Fru Nordre, Hernando's Hideaway, Herr Olafsen, Herr Ringe, New Guinea, Pastor Viborg, Soup Chefs New!
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What follows is an account of my first fieldwork: a year of anthropological study in the fishing village of Taarnby (not the community's real name), Denmark. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Fru Rasmussen, Fru Strunge, Fru Elgaard, Fru Odstadt, Fru Olafsen, United States, Fru Viborg, Estrid Ibransen, Fru Schidt, Herr Stenersen, Herr Strunge, Meat Loaf Chefs, Talia the Terrible, The Ballad of Ole, Fru Nordre, Hernando's Hideaway, Herr Olafsen, Herr Ringe, New Guinea, Pastor Viborg, Soup Chefs New!
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