In the Field

George Gmelch is Professor of Anthropology at the University of San Francisco and Union College. He has published fourteen books and has also written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Psychology Today, Society, and Natural History.Sharon Bohn Gmelch is Professor of Anthropology at the University of San Francisco and Union College. She is the author or editor of ten books, coproducer of an ethnographic film, and the winner of several awards including Ireland’s Book of the Year.

• Acknowledgments vii1. The Fieldwork Tradition 12. First Fieldwork: Irish Travellers 73. Politics and Fieldwork: Nomads in English Cities 314. Applying Anthropology in an Alaskan National Park 505. Studying Subsistence in Sitka 706. On the Move: Work and Mobility in Newfoundland 877. Native Anthropology: Studying the Culture of Baseball 1058. Falling into Fieldwork in Japan 1209. Photography and Film in Ireland and Alaska 14210. Taking Students to the Field: Barbados 16411. When the Field Is a City: Hobart, Tasmania 18512. In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro: Students in Tanzania 20113. Fieldwork from Campus 22114. The Changing Nature of Fieldwork 238Appendix Discussion Points 251Notes 259References 271