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The Long and the Short of Ethnographic Research among the Nahua of Northern Veracruz, Mexico
Author(s) -
SANDSTROM ALAN R.,
SANDSTROM PAMELA EFFREIN
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
anthropology and humanism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1548-1409
pISSN - 1559-9167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2011.01076.x
Subject(s) - ethnography , geography , anthropology , sociology , ethnology , archaeology
SUMMARY Long‐term ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico provides the basis for a critical evaluation of commitment to a single research site over decades. We discuss positive and negative features of this strategy as well as its effect on understanding of basic anthropological concepts.