20th Century Chinese Anthropology and Ethnographic Research Methods and Methodology

Author: Lin Chunsheng, Lin Yaohua, et al.
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This collection of essays includes papers by a group of renowned scholars such as Li Ji, Lin Chunsheng, and Wu Wenzao. Most of them underwent systematic academic training in anthropology and related disciplines within the Western academic system and are quite concerned with research methods. Addressing the urgent needs of the domestic academic community at the time, the essays cover a wide range of topics, from methodological issues such as the relationship between researchers and research subjects, the role and significance of fieldwork, to specific research methods and techniques, research outlines, field notes, and other practical aspects. It is hoped that readers will gain a better understanding of anthropological and ethnological research methods and methodologies, particularly the methods and methodologies of anthropological research in the Chinese context.