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'antropologo innocente Serie
Questa serie narra le avventure di un antropologo che si avventura in culture remote per studiarle. Ogni libro trasporta i lettori in un nuovo scenario, dove il protagonista naviga tra incomprensioni culturali e contrattempi umoristici. Con arguzia e acume, le narrazioni esplorano lo scontro tra le prospettive occidentali e i modi di vita tradizionali. È un viaggio osservativo che mette in luce le sfide e le scoperte inaspettate dell'impegno interculturale.
Ordine di lettura consigliato
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.