Short-term Anthropology

Thoughts from a Fieldwork Among Plumbers, Digitalisation, Cultural Assumptions and Marketing Strategies

Bibliographic Data

ID2506948
AuthorsM M V Karsten (0000-0002-1314-9571, Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume8
Issue1
Pages108-125
Publication date2019-04-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Business Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2245-4217 • E-ISSN: 2245-4217
PublisherCopenhagen Business School (PUBLISHER • DK)
DOI10.22439/jba.v8i1.5718
OpenAlexW2949000171
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

Long-term fieldwork and the methodology that goes with it have long set the golden standard for anthropological practice. Quick deadlines, relevance for economic growth, and bigger commercial market shares rarely equal solid anthropology. However, conditions like these are more often than not daily reality for many anthropologists working in the private and public sectors. Through an ethnographic case report this article emphasises the ability to scale up and down anthropological research methodologies and analytic tools used when performing 'short-term anthropology.' It will be argued that short project deadlines within days or weeks, specific objectives, and commercial settings do not exclude anthropological practices. On the contrary, such conditions and the requirements involved encourage methodological adjustments and specificity

Applied anthropology · Ethnography · Geography · Political science · Relevance (law · Scale (ratio · Social science · Sociology · Term (time · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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