The Fieldworker and the Field: Problems and Challenges in Sociological Investigation

Srinivas, Mysore Narasimhachar; Shah, A. M; Ramaswamy, E. A.

ISBN 10: 0195668340 / ISBN 13: 9780195668346

Published by Oxford University Press, New Delhi ; New York, 2011

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Octavo in chiefly pale yellow pictorial wraps; xvii, 288 pages; 23 cm; bibliographical references and index. Contents: The fieldworker and the field: a village in Karnataka /; M.N. Srinivas --; Studying the present and the past: a village in Gujarat /; A.M. Shah --; Experiences of an encapsulated observer: a village in Rajasthan /; Anand Chakravarti --; On tracks and tracts in my fieldwork: rural Kerala /; K. Raman Unni --; Fieldwork experience: relived and reconsidered: rural Uttar Pradesh /; P.C. Joshi --; Travails of a woman fieldworker: a small town in Uttar Pradesh /; Khadija A. Gupta --; A woman's encounter with Arya Samaj and untouchables: a slum in Jullundur /; Veen Dua --; The bottom view up: some cognitive categories: slums in Madras /; Beba D. Varadachar --; Objective appreciation through subjective involvement: a slum in Kanpur /; Maren Bellwinkel --; Making my way through caste images: untouchables in Poona /; Sunanda Patwardhan --; Trial and error in a new field: a factory in Gujarat /; N.R. Sheth --; Being where the action was: trade unions in Coimbatore /; E.A. Ramaswamy --; Walking on the edge of factionalism: an industrial co-operative in rural Maharashtra /; B.S. Baviskar --; Varied roles in the field: a hospital in Delhi /; Aneeta A. Minocha --; An apprenticeship marked by frustrations: college students in Mysore /; Chitra Sivakumar --; Selecting a 'representative' village: a village in Japan /; S. Seshaiah --; The anthropologist-informant relationship: the Navajo and Zuni in America and the Tharu in India /; Triloki Nath Pandey --; Problems of entry: Sri Lanka, Zambia, and Australia /; R. Jayaraman. / Sociology -- Methodology. Social sciences -- Fieldwork. Social sciences -- Fieldwork -- India. Social sciences -- Methodology. Social sciences -- Research -- India -- Case studies. Sociology -- Fieldwork -- India. Sciences sociales -- M?thodologie. Sciences sociales -- Recherche -- Inde -- ?tudes de cas. Sciences sociales -- Recherche sur le terrain -- Cas, ?tudes de. Sociologie -- Recherche sur le terrain -- Inde. Sciences sociales -- Recherche sur le terrain. Sciences sociales -- Recherche sur le terrain -- Inde. Sociology -- Fieldwork. Social sciences -- Research. Social sciences -- Methodology. Social sciences -- Fieldwork. Sociology -- Methodology. Feldforschung Soziologie. Case studies. Aufsatzsammlung. India. Indien. Fine with very faintest of edge wear to wrapper corners; as new. Please see photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fieldworker and the Field: Problems and Challenges in Sociological Investigation
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi ; New York
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195668340
• ISBN 13: 9780195668346
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Second edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anthropology & Ethnography

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Synopsis

This is a paperback of a 1979 hardback which broke new ground in social investigation. There have, since, been other books on the experience of fieldwork, but this remains a much cited work. The eighteen essays in the volume describe the experiences of field research mainly in rural and urban India, and in complex organizations such as a hospital, a factory and a trade union. There are also accounts of work in Japan, Sri Lanka and New Mexico. This is an informative and helpful guide to those about to embark on their own field research.

About the Author

M.N. Srinivas is Formerly Senior Fellow in the Sociology Unit at the Institute for Social and Economic Change in Bangalore. A.M. Shah is a Former Professor of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics. E.A. Ramaswamy is Management Consultant and Former Professor of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics.