Open AccessWinter anthropology in Finland
Author(s) -
John TredinnickRowe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medicine anthropology theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2405-691X
DOI - 10.17157/mat.6.4.653
Subject(s) - ethnography , visual anthropology , anthropology , medical anthropology , cultural anthropology , sociology , human health , medicine , environmental health
This photo essay discusses some of the methodological issues for medical anthropology in the environmental human health sector, particularly, how season and latitude shape the types of anthropology that can be employed, the activities that can be undertaken, and their aesthetic effect on visual ethnography. The essay recounts the author’s experiences conducting ethnographic studies in the winter months in Finland and discusses the various challenges that environmental conditions produce for researchers.