Passages: The Ethnographic Field School and First Fieldwork Experiences

Copyright © 2004 the American Anthropological Association

Passages: The Ethnographic Field School and First Fieldwork Experiences

Editor(s): Madelyn Iris

Published Online: 20 APR 2009

Print ISBN: 9781931303163

Online ISBN: 9781444306958

DOI: 10.1002/9781444306958

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Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages I–7)

  2. Part 1

    1. Introduction (pages 8–13)

      Madelyn Iris

    2. Documenting Local Culture: An Introductory Field School (pages 14–34)

      Philip B. Stafford, Inta Carpenter and David A. Taylor

    3. Apprentice Ethnographers and the Anthropology of Tourism in Costa Rica (pages 35–54)

      Tim Wallace

    4. Fulfilling Community Needs through Research and Service: The Northwestern University Ethnographic Field School Experience (pages 55–71)

      Madelyn Iris

    5. Rehabilitation, Resistance, and Return: Service Learning and the Quest for Civil Society in Bosnia (pages 72–86)

      Peter Van Arsdale

    6. Learning to Put Ethnography to Good Use: The Gambia, West Africa, Field Study Program (pages 87–105)

      Bill Roberts

  3. Part 2

    1. Learning through Doing: The Importance of Fieldwork in the Education of the Undergraduate (pages 106–112)

      Andria Timmer

    2. Role Negotiations among Students and Native Sponsors in an Ethnographic Field School (pages 113–127)

      William Nichols and Madelyn Iris

    3. Lessons from the Navajo: The Impact of a “Good” Field Experience on a Career (pages 128–141)

      Rebecca L. H. Berman

    4. Mentorship and the Field School Experience (pages 142–146)

      Tim Wallace and Madelyn Iris

    5. Ethnographic Field Schools, Community Service Learning, and the Homestay Experience (pages 147–158)

      Daniela N. Diamente and Tim Wallace

    6. Ethical Issues and other Things to Think about (pages 159–163)

      Madelyn Iris

    7. Conclusion: How to Pick a Field School that's Right for you (pages 164–168)

      Madelyn Iris

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      Web Resources (page 169)

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      Biosketches of the Authors (pages 170–173)

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