Nigel Barley (born 1947 in Kingston upon Thames, England) is an anthropologist famous for the books he has written on his experiences. He studied modern languages at Cambridge University and completed a doctorate in social anthropology at Oxford University. He held a number of academic positions before joining the British Museum as an assistant keeper in the Department of Ethnography, where he remained until 2003.
Barley's first book, The Innocent Anthropologist, was a witty and informative account of anthropological field work among the Dowayo people of Cameroon. Thereafter he published a number of works about Africa and Indonesia in such genres as travel, art, historical biography, and fiction.
Barley has been twice nominated for the Travelex Writer of the Year Award. In 2002, he won the Foreign Press Association prize for travel writing.
发表于2024-11-22
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When British anthropologist Nigel Barley set up home among the Dowayo people in northern Cameroon, he knew how fieldwork should be conducted. Unfortunately, nobody had told the Dowayo. His compulsive, witty account of first fieldwork offers a wonderfully inspiring introduction to the real life of a cultural anthropologist doing research in a Third World area. Both touching and hilarious, Barley’s unconventional story—in which he survived boredom, hostility, disaster, and illness—addresses many critical issues in anthropology and in fieldwork.
我们再有本事,再有本事,也没办法做到在不同的文化民族形态间一直来回切换。每一次转换,都充满疏离感。这本书真是精彩有趣。我想起我常说的自己的梦想职业,包括植物学家,考古学家,和记者,其实真正向往的,就是有这样的田野调查工作的一个身份啊。
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评分我们再有本事,再有本事,也没办法做到在不同的文化民族形态间一直来回切换。每一次转换,都充满疏离感。这本书真是精彩有趣。我想起我常说的自己的梦想职业,包括植物学家,考古学家,和记者,其实真正向往的,就是有这样的田野调查工作的一个身份啊。
评分果然一边吐槽一边田野才是人类学者的真实工作状态。话是这么说,做还是要做
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