Bringing Fieldwork Back In
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In 2001, the first of a series of ethnographic conferences took place in Los Angeles with an emphasis on fieldwork. Since then the field has gained a much larger disciplinary footprint. While the increase in substantial research in the field has risen dramatically, ethnographic styles of writing have emerged that fail to include much discernible fieldwork. This volume of The Annals broaches the subject of improving fieldwork in the ethnographic spectrum through old-fashioned or "shoe leather" fieldwork. At a more recent ethnographic conference at Yale University in 2010 with a follow-up in June 2011, emerging ethnographers were mentored by senior scholars in whichthey presented an informal, yet supportive setting where ethnographic fieldwork could be constructively critiqued. This volume is a product of those collective efforts. The articles in this volume include insight into relations among affluent minorities, the status system we find in today'ssports, and a portrait of an employer of undocumented workers, among other articles. This volume will appeal to both undergraduate and graduate students with a wide range of interests including sociology, education, anthropology, and race and gender conflicts and problems.
Contents
The Iconic Ghetto
The Iconic Ghetto
The Legacy of Racial Caste
The Legacy of Racial Caste
Manhood in the Margins: Culture, Crisis, and Masculinity in the Making of Middle-Class Black Men
Manhood in the Margins: Culture, Crisis, and Masculinity in the Making of Middle-Class Black Men
The Bonds of Brotherhood: Emotional and Social Support among College Black Men
The Bonds of Brotherhood: Emotional and Social Support among College Black Men
Ethnography of Emergent Practice in Highly Uncertain Conditions
Ethnography of Emergent Practice in Highly Uncertain Conditions
“Scrub”: Using Multi–Site Analysis to Analyze the Status System among Basketball Players
“Scrub”: Using Multi–Site Analysis to Analyze the Status System among Basketball Players
Suspending Narrative Engagements: The Case of Pick–up Basketball
Suspending Narrative Engagements: The Case of Pick–up Basketball
“The Camera Rolls”: Using Third-Party Video in Field Research
“The Camera Rolls”: Using Third-Party Video in Field Research
An Ethnographic Portrait of a Precarious Life
An Ethnographic Portrait of a Precarious Life
Down and Out in Atlantic City
Down and Out in Atlantic City
The Making and Unmaking of Local Democracy in an Indian Village
The Making and Unmaking of Local Democracy in an Indian Village
“Call me Mama”: An Ethnographic Portrait of an Employer of Undocumented Workers
“Call me Mama”: An Ethnographic Portrait of an Employer of Undocumented Workers
The Presentation of Self in Emigration: Eastern European Women in Italy
The Presentation of Self in Emigration: Eastern European Women in Italy
Influx: Black Urban Women’s Migration to Rural Pennsylvania
Influx: Black Urban Women’s Migration to Rural Pennsylvania
“Litterers”: How Physical Disorder Is Used to Construct Social Disorder in a Poor Suburb
“Litterers”: How Physical Disorder Is Used to Construct Social Disorder in a Poor Suburb
Reflections of Self from Missing Things: How People Move On from Losing Possessions
Reflections of Self from Missing Things: How People Move On from Losing Possessions
Wounded: Life After the Shooting
Wounded: Life After the Shooting
Description
In 2001, the first of a series of ethnographic conferences took place in Los Angeles with an emphasis on fieldwork. Since then the field has gained a much larger disciplinary footprint. While the increase in substantial research in the field has risen dramatically, ethnographic styles of writing have emerged that fail to include much discernible fieldwork. This volume of The Annals broaches the subject of improving fieldwork in the ethnographic spectrum through old-fashioned or "shoe leather" fieldwork. At a more recent ethnographic conference at Yale University in 2010 with a follow-up in June 2011, emerging ethnographers were mentored by senior scholars in whichthey presented an informal, yet supportive setting where ethnographic fieldwork could be constructively critiqued. This volume is a product of those collective efforts. The articles in this volume include insight into relations among affluent minorities, the status system we find in today'ssports, and a portrait of an employer of undocumented workers, among other articles. This volume will appeal to both undergraduate and graduate students with a wide range of interests including sociology, education, anthropology, and race and gender conflicts and problems.
Contents
The Iconic Ghetto
The Iconic Ghetto
The Legacy of Racial Caste
The Legacy of Racial Caste
Manhood in the Margins: Culture, Crisis, and Masculinity in the Making of Middle-Class Black Men
Manhood in the Margins: Culture, Crisis, and Masculinity in the Making of Middle-Class Black Men
The Bonds of Brotherhood: Emotional and Social Support among College Black Men
The Bonds of Brotherhood: Emotional and Social Support among College Black Men
Ethnography of Emergent Practice in Highly Uncertain Conditions
Ethnography of Emergent Practice in Highly Uncertain Conditions
“Scrub”: Using Multi–Site Analysis to Analyze the Status System among Basketball Players
“Scrub”: Using Multi–Site Analysis to Analyze the Status System among Basketball Players
Suspending Narrative Engagements: The Case of Pick–up Basketball
Suspending Narrative Engagements: The Case of Pick–up Basketball
“The Camera Rolls”: Using Third-Party Video in Field Research
“The Camera Rolls”: Using Third-Party Video in Field Research
An Ethnographic Portrait of a Precarious Life
An Ethnographic Portrait of a Precarious Life
Down and Out in Atlantic City
Down and Out in Atlantic City
The Making and Unmaking of Local Democracy in an Indian Village
The Making and Unmaking of Local Democracy in an Indian Village
“Call me Mama”: An Ethnographic Portrait of an Employer of Undocumented Workers
“Call me Mama”: An Ethnographic Portrait of an Employer of Undocumented Workers
The Presentation of Self in Emigration: Eastern European Women in Italy
The Presentation of Self in Emigration: Eastern European Women in Italy
Influx: Black Urban Women’s Migration to Rural Pennsylvania
Influx: Black Urban Women’s Migration to Rural Pennsylvania
“Litterers”: How Physical Disorder Is Used to Construct Social Disorder in a Poor Suburb
“Litterers”: How Physical Disorder Is Used to Construct Social Disorder in a Poor Suburb
Reflections of Self from Missing Things: How People Move On from Losing Possessions
Reflections of Self from Missing Things: How People Move On from Losing Possessions
Wounded: Life After the Shooting
Wounded: Life After the Shooting
June 2012 | 280 pages | Sage US
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In 2001, the first of a series of ethnographic conferences took place in Los Angeles with an emphasis on fieldwork. Since then the field has gained a much larger disciplinary footprint. While the increase in substantial research in the field has risen dramatically, ethnographic styles of writing have emerged that fail to include much discernible fieldwork. This volume of The Annals broaches the subject of improving fieldwork in the ethnographic spectrum through old-fashioned or "shoe leather" fieldwork. At a more recent ethnographic conference at Yale University in 2010 with a follow-up in June 2011, emerging ethnographers were mentored by senior scholars in whichthey presented an informal, yet supportive setting where ethnographic fieldwork could be constructively critiqued. This volume is a product of those collective efforts. The articles in this volume include insight into relations among affluent minorities, the status system we find in today'ssports, and a portrait of an employer of undocumented workers, among other articles. This volume will appeal to both undergraduate and graduate students with a wide range of interests including sociology, education, anthropology, and race and gender conflicts and problems.
Table Of Contents:
- The Iconic Ghetto
- The Legacy of Racial Caste
- Manhood in the Margins: Culture, Crisis, and Masculinity in the Making of Middle-Class Black Men
- The Bonds of Brotherhood: Emotional and Social Support among College Black Men
- Ethnography of Emergent Practice in Highly Uncertain Conditions
- “Scrub”: Using Multi–Site Analysis to Analyze the Status System among Basketball Players
- Suspending Narrative Engagements: The Case of Pick–up Basketball
- “The Camera Rolls”: Using Third-Party Video in Field Research
- An Ethnographic Portrait of a Precarious Life
- Down and Out in Atlantic City
- The Making and Unmaking of Local Democracy in an Indian Village
- “Call me Mama”: An Ethnographic Portrait of an Employer of Undocumented Workers
- The Presentation of Self in Emigration: Eastern European Women in Italy
- Influx: Black Urban Women’s Migration to Rural Pennsylvania
- “Litterers”: How Physical Disorder Is Used to Construct Social Disorder in a Poor Suburb
- Reflections of Self from Missing Things: How People Move On from Losing Possessions
- Wounded: Life After the Shooting