Forum for Anthropology and Culture, 2018, no. 14

FORUM 36: FROM FIELDWORK TO WRITTEN TEXT

Abstract: This edition of ‘Forum’ addresses the issues raised when anthropologists attempt to transform their preliminary records into an academic analysis. Participants of the ‘Forum’ answer the following questions: What are the processes by which encounters and conversations with informants become a ‘written source’? Is it acceptable to edit field notes? By what processes do these ‘written sources’ turn into the text of a publication? Is it acceptable to share one’s own field notes and interviews with other researchers? Is it possible to carry out productive research using field data gathered by others?

Keywords: fieldwork, field notes, interview, written text.

To cite: ‘Forum 36: From Fieldwork to Written Text’, Forum for Anthropology and Culture, 2018, no. 14, pp. 11–96.

doi: 10.31250/1815-8927-2018-14-14-11-96

URL: http://anthropologie.kunstkamera.ru/files/pdf/eng014/forum.pdf