essay

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..

Abstract

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.

HRAF PubDate

2003

Region

Europe

Sub Region

Southeastern Europe

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 2002

Field Date

1960s-1980s

Coverage Date

1960s - 1980s

Coverage Place

Island of Nisos (a pseudonym), Greece

Notes

Margaret E. Kenna

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-162)

LCCN

91032485

LCSH

Greece