Facets of Fieldwork (eBook)

Essays in Honor of Jürg Wassmann

Alexis Th. von Poser, Anita von Poser (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
299 Seiten
Universitätsverlag Winter
978-3-8253-7660-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This Festschrift in honor of Jürg Wassmann compiles essays about ethnographic fieldwork which bear witness to the diversity of experiences possible in this classic method in social and cultural anthropology. Following the academic life-course of an anthropologist, the contributions to this volume speak of personal and/or professional moments in the field. They shed light on different approaches to the field, of research over long distances or long periods of time, of research in unexpected areas or with surprising interdisciplinary agendas. It becomes clear that fieldwork is far from becoming a redundant or old-fashioned tool in the methodological canon of the discipline - through its multitude of facets it remains central and authoritative for the empiricist approach in anthropology.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Titel 4
Imprint 5
Contents 6
List of Illustrations and Figures 10
1.1: Oceania workgroup meeting at Jürg’s flat (2001, photo by V. Keck?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 19
5.1: Am furis performance at the funeral of Paul Munbal???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 87
5.2: Ceremonial greeting between two leaders?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 90
6.1: Women from the Southwest Islands celebrating the new year in Echang together?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 105
10.1: Ray Sheridan discussing his activities concerning Papua New Guinea music (2003, photo by Don Niles???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 165
10.2: Music of New Guinea, Ray Sheridan’s LP released in 1958?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 166
13.1: Entrance gate of the Divine Word University (2008???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 214
13.2: Divine Word University students (2008???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 215
13.3: Cultural Day at the Divine Word University, a student in her traditional bilas (decoration) (2009?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 220
13.4: Reading Malinowski’s Argonauts with students at Divine Word University (2008???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 224
13.5: “Interpreting Cultures”-course, Divine Word University (2008) (with P. Gesch as guest auditor?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 225
13.6: Staff meeting, Divine Word University (2008???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 226
14.1: The slit drum from Mannheim (copyright: Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums Mannheim???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 237
14.2: Blasius Jong identifies the yor mbermber pattern?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 243
14.3: Finally: the yor mbermber pattern appears on a new drum (photo by A. Yambisang???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 244
17.1: Jürg Wassmann with the author (July 2013?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 287
17.2: Jürg Wassmann (August 2015) in his Feldberg office, writing his next book?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 290
Figures 4.1: Papua New Guinea?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 71
4.2: The Trobriand Islands?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 72
Foreword: MEINHARD SCHUSTER 12
1 Introduction: ANITA VON POSER AND ALEXIS TH. VON POSER 14
2 Taim Bipo: The Quest for the Past by the Members of the Basel Sepik Expedition 1972–74. MARKUS SCHINDLBECK 32
3 Thinking Along the Same Lines. Varieties of Initiation and Varieties of Fieldwork in Sepik and Madang. PATRICK F. GESCH 54
4 The Coral Gardens are Losing Their Magic. The Social and Cultural Impact of Climate Change and Overpopulation for the Trobriand Islanders. GUNTER SENFT 70
5 Group Dialogues, Videos and Multilocality in Researching Rituals. ANTJE DENNER 82
6 “I didn’t know that there were other worlds out there”. Inside a Multi-Sited Ethnography. STEPHANIE WALDA-MANDEL 98
7 “Houses Jumbled Everywhere”? Visions of a “Village” in Papua New Guinea. ANITA VON POSER 114
8 The Chase for Archival Material and Biographical Information in the “Field” of Archives. Remarks about a Research Project, carried out in Chile, Rapanui and Other Places. HERMANN MÜCKLER 136
9 References to Time and Space in Melanesian Music. RAYMOND AMMANN 152
10 The Early Field and Commercial Recordings of Kuman Music. Research Using Repatriated Music in Papua New Guinea, and Recent Threats to Cultural Diversity. DON NILES AND EDWARD GENDE 160
11 Foreign Confidants. A Field Diary Narrative. ANGELLA MEINERZAG 186
12 Endangered Fields. Experiencing Anthropological Research in Iran. SHAHNAZ R. NADJMABADI 198
13 Exchanging Anthropological Knowledge. A University Partnership Program between Madang and Heidelberg. VERENA KECK 210
14 The Restitution of a Carving Pattern to Kayan, Papua New Guinea. ALEXIS TH. VON POSER 236
15 Challenges and Profits of Interdisciplinary Fieldwork in Linguistic and Cognitive Anthropology. SVENJA VÖLKEL 248
16 The Trouble of Having a Psychologist Sharing Fieldwork. PIERRE R. DASEN 268
17 “Just Plain Folks”. Anthropology Meets Psychology. JOACHIM FUNKE 286
Notes on Contributors???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 294
Index???????????????????????? 302
Backcover 313

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.8.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 3-8253-7660-5 / 3825376605
• ISBN-13: 978-3-8253-7660-4 / 9783825376604