Category: Sketches

Drawings and Sketches for Representations of Fieldwork

Throughout fieldwork, ethnographers must constantly interpret their observations and translate their experiences into various forms of documentation, including written notes, audiovisual recordings, sketches, tables, surveys, and diaries. However, these raw materials are typically transformed into a more structured presentation that

Drawings and Sketches as Field Notes

Although fieldnotes typically consist of written notes, anthropologists often include sketches and drawings in their fieldwork notebooks. These sketches can range from simple shapes and stick figures to artistically complex naturalist-realist paintings (Bray, 2015). Using drawings and sketches as a

Introduction : The Importance of a Marginal Practice

During his ethnographic field research in Indonesia, Andrew Causey, an anthropologist-artist, developed a hobby of drawing and painting insects (Causey 2012). This leisure activity was enjoyable and provided a break from his research. However, it also turned out to be

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