Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology, Second Edition
H. Russell Bernard and Clarence C. Gravlee, Editors
Preface
IntroductionH. Russell Bernard and Clarence C. Gravlee
Section I. Perspectives
1. EpistemologyMichael Schnegg
2. Meaningful methodsJames W. Fernandez and Michael Herzfeld
3. Research design and research strategies in cultural
anthropologyJeffrey C. Johnson and Daniel J. Hruschka
4. EthicsCarolyn Fluehr-Lobban
5. Feminist methodsChristine Ward Gailey
6. Participatory methods: Conceptual and methodological approaches
to collaborative community-based transformational research for
change
Stephen Schensul, Jean Schensul, Merrill Singer, Margaret Weeks,
and Marie Brault
Section II. Acquiring Information
7. Sampling and selecting participants in field researchGreg
Guest
8. Participant observationKathleen Musante (aka DeWalt)
9. Behavioral observationRaymond Hames and Michael Paolisso
10. Person-centered interviewingRobert I. Levy and Doug W.
Hollan
11. Structured interviewing and questionnaire constructionSusan
Weller
12. Discourse-centered methodsBrenda Farnell and Laura R.
Graham
13. Visual anthropologyFadwa El Guindi
14. Ethnographic methods for Internet culturesJeffrey Snodgrass
15. Survey methodsWilliam W. Dressler and Kathy Oths
Section III. Interpreting Information
16. Reasoning with numbersW. Penn Handwerker and Steve Borgatti
17. Text analysisAmber Wutich, Gery Ryan, and H. Russell
Bernard
18. Cross-cultural researchCarol Ember, Melvin Ember, and Peter N.
Peregrine
19. Spatial analysisEduardo S. Brondizio and Tracy Van Holt
20. Social network analysisChristopher McCarty and José Luis
Molina
Section IV. Applying and Presenting Information
21. Methods in applied anthropologyRobert Trotter, Jean Schensul,
and Kristin M. Kostick
22. Ethnographic writing and presenting anthropologyConrad
Kottak
23. Public anthropologyThomas Hylland Eriksen
Author Index
H. Russell Bernard is professor emeritus of anthropology at the
University of Florida and a member of the National Academy of
Sciences. He is author of Research Methods in Anthropology, Fifth
Edition, author of Social Research Methods, and founder and editor
of the journal Field Methods.
Clarence C. Gravlee is associate professor of anthropology at the
University of Florida. He is editor of Medical Anthropology
Quarterly and has published in American Anthropologist, Current
Anthropology, American Journal of Public Health, Annual Review of
Anthropology, and more.
This significantly expanded second edition is bound to become the
quintessential reference book for every anthropologist engaged in
active field research. With sixteen updated chapters and eight
entirely new ones—on topics ranging from online ethnography to GIS
to public anthropology—this volume is a treasure trove of sound
methodological strategies imparted by leading figures in the
discipline. A must-read for everyone from graduate students headed
for the field to established academics and applied
anthropologists.
*Marcia Inhorn, Yale University*
A timely update that provides rich and in-depth overviews on
contemporary methods in cultural anthropology. Each chapter is
written by experts in the particular methodology, making this
second edition an excellent companion to Bernard’s Research Methods
in Anthropology.
*Douglas W. Hume, Northern Kentucky University; Treasurer, Society
for Anthropological Sciences*
I challenge any anthropologist to read this expanded second edition
and not contemplate adding one of the described methods to his or
her own toolbox. The chapters invite us to reflect upon the nuances
of our methodological choices and encourage us to move beyond a
polarizing divide between quantitative and qualitative research—to
embrace the no-longer-stranger notion that both may contribute to
the anthropologists' craft. This new edition is easily classified
as essential reading.
*M. Cameron Hay, Miami University; author, Remembering to Live:
Illness at the Intersection of Anxiety and Knowledge in Rural
Indonesia*
Editors Bernard and Gravlee focus on the core aspect: fieldwork.
The second edition of this handbook is organized into four parts:
'Perspectives,' 'Acquiring Information,' 'Interpreting
Information,' and 'Applying and Presenting Information. The 23
chapters were each separately authored; some are by well-known
anthropologists and others by those not so well-known. All have
lengthy reference lists. . . .Nevertheless, the excellent essays
certainly will be of use to experts wanting to expand their
repertoire and to novices. Contributors cover topics ranging from
epistemology to survey methods and from the classic participant
observation to contemporary fieldwork in online environments. This
highly readable collection will appeal to undergraduate and
graduate students alike and be a useful addition to college and
university libraries collecting in the social sciences. Summing Up:
Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through
researchers/faculty.
*CHOICE*
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