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The Long And The Short Of Ethnographic Research Among The Nahua Of Northern Veracruz, Mexico, Alan Sandstrom, Pamela Sandstrom
The Long And The Short Of Ethnographic Research Among The Nahua Of Northern Veracruz, Mexico, Alan Sandstrom, Pamela Sandstrom
Alan R. Sandstrom
Long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico provides the basis for a critical evaluation of commitment to a single research site over decades. We discuss positive and negative features of this strategy as well as its effect on understanding of basic anthropological concepts.
Introduction To 'Long-Term Fieldwork' [Special Issue], James Taggart, Alan Sandstrom
Introduction To 'Long-Term Fieldwork' [Special Issue], James Taggart, Alan Sandstrom
Alan R. Sandstrom
This special presents new, original essays by anthropologists who have spent a great deal of time carrying out fieldwork in a variety of ways and under many different conditions. Their ways of doing long-term fieldwork vary from revisiting the same community to doing multisited fieldwork to gain a broader comparative perspective in the discipline of anthropology. The authors wrestle with the meaning of their work after observing the people they befriended and studied undergo sometimesdevastating changes, suffering deep life-changing experiences themselves, and witnessing controversies over the value of doing and writing ethnography.