20th Century Chinese Anthropology and Ethnographic Research Methods and Methodology

Author: Ling Chunsheng
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This collection of essays includes works by a group of renowned scholars such as Li Ji, Ling Chunsheng, and Wu Wenzao. Most of them underwent systematic academic training in anthropology and related disciplines within the Western academic system, showing great concern for research methods. Addressing the urgent needs of the domestic academic community at the time, the essays cover methodological issues from the relationship between researchers and research subjects, the role and significance of fieldwork, to specific research methods such as various investigation methods and techniques, research outlines, field notes, and more. It is hoped that readers will gain a better understanding of anthropological and ethnological research methods and methodologies, particularly in the context of Chinese anthropological research.