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From ravenous ants and temperamental gear to debilitating illness
and unpredictable politics, field research can be fraught with
challenges and opportunities for mishap. Disasters in Field
Research is your guide to what can go wrong while conducting
fieldwork-and what you can do to avoid or minimize the impact of
unexpected events. Ice, Dufour, and Stevens address the issues
confronting both students and professional researchers as they
embark on field research. For example, permits may be difficult to
obtain-or even revoked at the last minute. Cultural differences and
misunderstandings can disrupt data collection. Equipment can be
held up by customs-or fail to work as expected. The authors offer
practical advice on preparing for such possibilities, while active
researchers from a wide array of disciplines relate, in brief
first-person narratives, their own encounters with disaster, how
they solved (or failed to solve) the problem, and their
recommendations for avoiding similar issues in the future. Each
thematic chapter concludes with strategies and suggestions for
making the most of your preparations, recovering from missteps, and
coping with calamity. The result is an excellent companion book for
field methods courses in a variety of disciplines-and an excellent
companion to carry with you into the field.
From ravenous ants and temperamental gear to debilitating illness
and unpredictable politics, field research can be fraught with
challenges and opportunities for mishap. Disasters in Field
Research is your guide to what can go wrong while conducting
fieldwork-and what you can do to avoid or minimize the impact of
unexpected events. Ice, Dufour, and Stevens address the issues
confronting both students and professional researchers as they
embark on field research. For example, permits may be difficult to
obtain-or even revoked at the last minute. Cultural differences and
misunderstandings can disrupt data collection. Equipment can be
held up by customs-or fail to work as expected. The authors offer
practical advice on preparing for such possibilities, while active
researchers from a wide array of disciplines relate, in brief
first-person narratives, their own encounters with disaster, how
they solved (or failed to solve) the problem, and their
recommendations for avoiding similar issues in the future. Each
thematic chapter concludes with strategies and suggestions for
making the most of your preparations, recovering from missteps, and
coping with calamity. The result is an excellent companion book for
field methods courses in a variety of disciplines-and an excellent
companion to carry with you into the field.
Revised for the first time in ten years, the second edition of
Nutritional Anthropology: Biocultural Perspectives on Food and
Nutrition continues to blend biological and cultural approaches to
this dynamic discipline.
While this revision maintains the format and philosophy that
grounded the first edition, the text has been revamped and
revitalized with new and updated readings, sections, introductions,
and pedagogical materials that cover current global food trade and
persistent problems of hunger in equal measure.
Unlike any other book on the market, Nutritional Anthropology fuses
issues past and present, local and global, and biological and
cultural in order to give students a comprehensive foundation in
food and nutrition.
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