Fieldwork in South Asia: Memories, Moments, and Experiences

Cover
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction: Evolving Concernsof Fieldwork
SECTION I: Experience of South Asian Nations
1 - A Historian/Anthropologist amongst the Garos of Bangladesh
2 - Power and Authority in the Field
3 - Story of My Research in Bhutan
4 - Remembering Fieldwork Histories
5 - Fields of Working Knowledge
6 - Reflections on Fieldwork in Three Cultures
7 - Return to Rengsanggri
SECTION II: The Indian Experience
8 - Researching Garo Death Rites
9 - Memories and Reflections on Ethnographic Fieldwork in ‘Conflict’ Setting
10 - In Search of Storytellers among the Khiamniungan Nagas
11 - Experiencing Mortuary Practices in an Anthropological Journey
12 - Making Senses of the Organizations and the Experiences of Anthropological Practices in a University of India
13 - Tales of Everyday Politics in West Bengal
14 - Doing Fieldwork and Discovering Harijan Art in Madhubani
15 - Memories of My Third Visit to the Nicobar Archipelago
16 - Discovering the Self and Others in Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh
17 - Dialogue on Indigenous Studies and Fieldwork in India
Glossary
About the Editors and Contributors
Index