Books in the The ASA Research Methods series

Providing guidance to ethnographic research methods, this work examines why reflexivity, at both personal and broader cultural levels, should be integrated into ethnographic research and discusses how this can be accomplished for a variety of research methods. It also includes a chapter on internet-based research and 'interethnography'.

An Anthropologist in Japan is a highly personal narrative which provides unique insights into many elements of Japanese life.

Examines the research activities covered by social anthropologists, and introduces new methods for organizing and interpreting visual and aural data, as well as possible applications of knowledge-based models.

Provides guidance on how to approach the study of oral forms and their performances, treating both the practicalities of fieldwork and the methods by which oral texts and performances can be observed, collected and analyzed.