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 antropológ Séria
Táto séria sleduje dobrodružstvá antropológa, ktorý sa vydáva do odľahlých kultúr, aby ich študoval. Každá kniha ho zavedie do nového prostredia, kde sa potýka s kultúrnymi šokmi a vtipnými nedorozumeniami. S humorom a vhľadom opisuje stret západného myslenia s tradičnými spôsobmi života. Je to pohľad na svet očami pozorovateľa, ktorý sa snaží porozumieť, ale často končí v neľahkých situáciách.
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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.