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This book aims to introduce students to the conduct of fieldwork, the way in which anthropologists and sociologists go about the business of collecting the ‘facts’ that are the basis for later theory and description.
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Edited by Dr John Perry. Dr Perry is Associate Professor in Anthropology in the School of Social Inquiry, Deakin University. He received his doctorate from Rhodes University in South Africa. He has done fieldwork in Lesotho and South Africa and has since carried out research in an Australian country town (Stawell). His main publications have been in legal and political anthropology, and in the field of power and symbolism. He and his wife, Cassandra, recorded and compiled the oral biography of Mr Jingoes, published by Oxford University Press.
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Doing Fieldwork, Eight Personal Accounts of Social Research
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Reissue ed. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, figures, tables, black & white text-photos, rear cover lightly scratched, minor edgewear. 155 pp. This book, edited by John Perry, aims to introduce students to the conduct of fieldwork, the way in which anthropologists and sociologists go about the business of collecting the 'facts' that are the basis for later theory and description. These eight personal accounts of their first experience of field research by academics at Deakin University were presented at a seminar for staff and student discussion. Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, specialises in distance education. (Reissue edition, with new ISBN. Originally published, 1989.). Seller Inventory # 23512