John Forrest - Doing Field Projects

John Forrest with Katie Nelson

This edition first published 2022

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Forrest, John, 1951- author.

Title: Doing field projects : methods and practice for social and anthropological research / John Forrest with Katie Nelson.

Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021061401 (print) | LCCN 2021061402 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119734611 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119734604 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119734628 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Ethnology--Fieldwork. | Sociology--Research. | Anthropology--Research.

Classification: LCC GN346 .F67 2022 (print) | LCC GN346 (ebook) | DDC 305.80072/3--dc23/eng/20220120

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021061401LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021061402

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I dedicate this work to my son Badger Forrest-Blincoe who, despite dad’s wishes for him otherwise, became an anthropologist. He is a champion fieldworker whose progress I monitor with high regard.

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2 Title page Doing Field Projects: Methods and Practice for Social and Anthropological Research John Forrest with Katie Nelson

3 Copyright

4 Dedication

5 Preface (Including a Word to Instructors)

6 Foreword (Including a Word to Student Readers)

7 1 Introduction

8 2 Getting Started

9 3 Ethics of Fieldwork

10 4 Research Design

11 5 Self-Study

12 6 Proxemics

13 7 Mapping

14 8 Recorded Interviews

15 9 Participant Observation

16 10 Engaged Anthropology

17 11 Process Documentation

18 12 Visual Anthropology

19 13 Sensory Observation

20 14 Performance

21 15 Life Histories (and Oral History)

22 16 Charting Kinship

23 17 Digital Ethnography (1) Social Media

24 18 Digital Ethnography (2) Online Gaming

25 19 Digital Ethnography (3) Human–Computer Interaction

26 20 Digital Ethnography (4) Online Meetings/Classes

27 21 Winding Down and Gearing Up

28 References Cited

29 Index

30 End User License Agreement

1 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Blank Journal PageFigure 5.2 Sample Journal Page

2 Chapter 7Figure 7.1 London Underground map 1920s. Source : Londonist.Figure 7.2 Harry Beck’s first map (1931). Source : Londonist.Figure 7.3 Sample Sketch Map.Figure 7.4 Finished Map.Figure 7.5 Original Kinsey house (1868)Figure 7.6 Kinsey house first modification.Figure 7.7 Kinsey house second modification (upstairs).Figure 7.8 Kinsey house second modification (downstairs).Figure 7.9 Kinsey house third modification (downstairs).Figure 7.10 Kinsey house fourth modification (downstairs).Figure 7.11 Kitchen #1 (Italy).Figure 7.12 Kitchen #2 (Cambodia)Figure 7.13 Map key.

3 Chapter 16Figure 16.1 Standard Kinship Symbols.Figure 16.2 Sample Kindred (Abbreviated).Figure 16.3 Detailed kindredFigure 16.4 Residence and Kinship in Tidewater.

1 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Table of Tastes.Table 13.2 Activity Log.

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3 Copyright

4 Dedication

5 Table of Contents

6 Preface (Including a Word to Instructors)

7 Foreword (Including a Word to Student Readers)

8 Begin Reading

9 References Cited

10 Index

11 End User License Agreement

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