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.
L'anthropologue innocent Séries
Cette série retrace les aventures d'un anthropologue s'aventurant dans des cultures reculées à des fins d'étude. Chaque livre transporte les lecteurs dans un nouveau décor, où le protagoniste navigue à travers des malentendus culturels et des incidents humoristiques. Avec esprit et perspicacité, les récits explorent le choc entre les perspectives occidentales et les modes de vie traditionnels. C'est un voyage d'observation qui met en lumière les défis et les découvertes inattendues de l'engagement interculturel.
Ordre de lecture recommandé
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.