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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454849803321

Autore

Georges Robert A

Titolo

People studying people [[electronic resource] ] : the human element in fieldwork / / Robert A. Georges and Michael O. Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1980

ISBN

1-282-35517-1

9786612355172

0-520-90649-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesMichael Owen

Disciplina

001.4/3

Soggetti

Social sciences - Fieldwork

Interpersonal relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Dilemmas -- 2. Alternative Means, Many Ends -- 3. Confrontation -- 4. Glorification And Compromise -- 5. Reflection And Introspection -- 6. Results -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors of this book demonstrate that fieldwork is first and foremost a human pursuit. They draw upon published and unpublished accounts of fieldworkers' personal experiences to develop the thesis that an appreciation of fieldwork as a unique mode of inquiry depends upon an understanding of the role the human element plays in it. They analyze the processes involved when people study people firsthand, focusing upon the recurrent human problems that arise and must be solved. The human processes and problems, they argue, are common to all fieldwork, regardless of the disciplinary backgrounds or the specific interests of individual researchers.