From the Tikopia to polymorphous engagements: Ethnographic writing under changing fieldwork circumstances

Moshe Shokeid*

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Abstract

This paper presents the change in the practice of ethnographic presentation as witnessed by an anthropologist whose own field reports have progressed from observing 'whole communities', to a society dispersed in an urban environment, to the portrayal of unrelated participants in voluntary associations and support groups. The paper tackles the professional uncertainties raised by the postmodern discourse that seems to detract from the centrality of fieldwork in the anthropologists' endeavour as well as well as in the perception of their professional identity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)305-319
Number of pages15
JournalSocial Anthropology
Volume15
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2007

Keywords

  • Ethnographic writing
  • Fieldwork
  • Manchester School
  • Postmodernism
  • Reflexivity

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