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9780252013720

Fieldwork

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  • ISBN13:

    9780252013720

  • ISBN10:

    0252013727

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1987-02-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1(12)
Part One/Human Matters
Doing Fieldwork
13(7)
The Hows and Whys of It
The Answers You Give The Phases of Fieldwork
Planning
20(9)
Goals and Resources
Tools
Writing It Down
Weather Reports
Collecting
29(23)
Text and Context
``John Henry''
What Folklorists Collect Salvage Folklore
Watching, Listening, and Asking Questions Staying Open
Finding Informants Striking It Lucky and Striking Out
Points of View and Points of Departure
52(11)
The Problem with Facts
The Scientific Method Seeing What's There
Part Two/Doing It
Fieldworker Roles
63(5)
Rapport
68(11)
Friends and Strangers
Why People Talk to You
Stories
Interviewing
79(24)
The Problem of Conversation
Fear of Machines The Silent Participant
Control
A Thief's Primer Asking Questions
Prosthetics...
...and Prosthetic Damage
Rules
Ordinary Talk
103(4)
Part Three/Mechanical Matters
Minds and Machines
107(21)
The Dark Side of the Eye
What Machines Do for You and to You The Law of Inverse Attention
Teams What Equipment Do You Really Need?
Survival Brains and Machines
Scale, Pitch, and Speed
Recording Sound
128(36)
Tape Machines
Tape Heads
Head Care Tape Speed and Tape Length
Noise
Cassettes or Open-Reel? Setting Levels
Copying Tapes
Batteries
Microphones
164(30)
What Microphones Do
Ambient Sound
The Inverse Square Law Microphone Patterns
Microphone Placement Video Sound, Film Sound, and Sound Perspective Radio Microphones
Acoustic Phase Interference Stereo
Microphone Supports
Photography
194(24)
Documentary Views
How Pictures Are Made
Eyes
F/stops Depth of Field
Focal Length
Films and Film Speeds The Color of White
Metering Light Photographing Documents
Weather
Stills
218(9)
Camera Types
Automated Cameras
Motor Drives Supporting the Camera
Artificial Light
Taking Pictures
Movies
227(17)
Film and Video Equipment
The Nature of Videotape Information Seeing
Movement
Camera Supports
Light Sources Sync
The Pace of Images
Records
244(15)
The Logic of Record-keeping
Tagging and Labeling Location Logs
Logging Photographs
Archives
Part Four/Ethics
Being Fair
259(22)
A Simple Definition
Who Owns the Folklore?
Lying
Paying Releases
Other Collectors
Sponsors The Golden Rule One Last Time
Appendix/Death Row 281(16)
Documenting the Row
Truth and Voice
Bibliography 297(10)
Index 307

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