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Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology

Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, presented 鈥淐ross-Cultural Fieldwork: The Heart of Anthropological Research鈥� at Field Research in Anthropology: Unity and Diversity, sponsored by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Androgagy, Palacky University in Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, on Oct. 3, 2017.

Summary: Cross-cultural fieldwork has been at the heart of anthropological research since the discipline鈥檚 beginnings in the 19th century. During the 20th century, extended periods of fieldwork became a standard requirement for anthropology graduate students in the U.S., U.K. and many other countries. This presentation explores the history of ethnographic fieldwork, going back to L. H. Morgan鈥檚 research with the Seneca and Bronislaw Malinowski鈥檚 Trobriand experience. It considers fieldwork鈥檚 value as a tool both for understanding others and gaining insight into oneself. And it examines the many challenges that fieldworkers must overcome. Such challenges range from gaining entry into the community one wishes to study and the logistics of providing food and lodging to establishment of trust with members of one鈥檚 host community, the trauma of culture shock, occasional physical danger and a variety of ethical dilemmas.

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POSTED: Friday, October 27, 2017 11:20 AM
Updated: Saturday, December 3, 2022 01:02 AM

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