Ethnographic Sketches

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  • 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…Read more ›

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  • 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…Read more ›

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  • 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…Read more ›

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  • Sketches: Other Resources

    Illustrating Anthropology (Supported by The Royal Anthropological Institute)

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  • Sketches: Suggested Readings

    I Swear I Saw This : Drawings In Fieldwork Notebooks, Namely My Own UCPTaussig, Michael. 2011. I Swear I Saw This: Drawings in Fieldwork Notebooks, Namely My Own. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Structured around a series of sketches…Read more ›

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  • Sketches: Works Cited

    Below you can find articles and books that guided my methodological, epistemological, and historical  understanding of using sketches and drawings in field research:   Ballard, Chris. 2013. “The Return of the Past: On Drawing and Dialogic History.” The Asia Pacific…Read more ›

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