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.
Nevinný antropolog Série
Tato série sleduje dobrodružství antropologa, který se vydává do odlehlých kultur, aby je studoval. Každá kniha ho zavede do nového prostředí, kde se potýká s kulturními šoky a vtipnými nedorozuměními. S humorem a vhledem popisuje střet západního myšlení s tradičními způsoby života. Je to pohled na svět očima pozorovatele, který se snaží porozumět, ale často končí v nelehkých situacích.
Doporučené pořadí čtení
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.