Note: This book was originally published as Not a Hazardous Sport . When British anthropologist Nigel Barley set up home among the Dowayo people in northern Cameroon, he knew how fieldwork should be conducted. Unfortunately, nobody had told the Dowayo. His compulsive, witty account of first fieldwork offers a wonderfully inspiring introduction to the real life of a cultural anthropologist doing research in a Third World area. Both touching and hilarious, Barley's unconventional story—in which he survived boredom, hostility, disaster, and illness—addresses many critical issues in anthropology and in fieldwork.
De onschuldige antropoloog Reeks
Deze serie volgt de avonturen van een antropoloog die zich in afgelegen culturen begeeft voor studie. Elk boek transporteert de lezer naar een nieuwe omgeving, waar de protagonist culturele misverstanden en humoristische missers navigeert. Met humor en inzicht verkennen de verhalen de botsing tussen westerse perspectieven en traditionele levenswijzen. Het is een observerende reis die de uitdagingen en onverwachte ontdekkingen van interculturele betrokkenheid belicht.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
When local contacts tipped off Nigel Barley that the Dowayo circumcision ceremony was about to take place, he immediately left London for the village in northern Cameroon where he had lived as a field anthropologist for 18 months.