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Changing places and altered perspectives: research on a Greek Island in the 1960s and in the 1980s

Anthropology and autobiography • (29) • Published In 1992 • Pages: 147-162

By: Kenna, Margaret E..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is a study of Kenna's relationship to the people of the island of Nisos during three periods of the author's fieldwork in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The paper describes the islander's changing perception of her from the first period of fieldwork (1960s) as a naive, unmarried and inexperienced anthropologist, to that of a married, professional scholar in the later periods of work in the 1970s and 1980s. The document contains little ethnographic data per se, but does present some interesting insights into the relationship between an ethnic population and the fieldworker/anthropologist studying that population.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Reviews and critiques

Theoretical orientation in research and its results

Practical preparations in conducting fieldwork

Observation in research

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Greeks

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2003

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Europe

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Southeastern Europe

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

essay

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Ethnologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

John Beierle ; 2002

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1960s-1980s

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

1960s - 1980s

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Island of Nisos (a pseudonym), Greece

NotesAdditional notes

Margaret E. Kenna

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-162)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

91032485

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Greece