Doing Field Projects: Methods and Practice for Social and Anthropological Research
John Forrest with Katie Nelson
This edition first published 2022
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Forrest, John, 1951- author.
Title: Doing field projects : methods and practice for social and anthropological research / John Forrest with Katie Nelson.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021061401 (print) | LCCN 2021061402 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119734611 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119734604 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119734628 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Ethnology--Fieldwork. | Sociology--Research. | Anthropology--Research.
Classification: LCC GN346 .F67 2022 (print) | LCC GN346 (ebook) | DDC 305.80072/3--dc23/eng/20220120
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021061401 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021061402
Cover image: Courtesy of John Forrest
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I dedicate this work to my son Badger Forrest-Blincoe who, despite dad’s wishes for him otherwise, became an anthropologist. He is a champion fieldworker whose progress I monitor with high regard.
Contents
1 Cover
5 Preface (Including a Word to Instructors)
6 Foreword (Including a Word to Student Readers)
11 5 Self-Study
12 6 Proxemics
13 7 Mapping
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