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First Fieldwork: Irish Travellers

  • May 2018
DOI:10.1525/california/9780520289611.003.0002
  • In book: In the Field (pp.7-30)
Authors:
George Gmelch at University of San Francisco and Union College
George Gmelch
  • University of San Francisco and Union College
Sharon Gmelch at University of San Francisco (USF) and Union College
Sharon Gmelch
  • University of San Francisco (USF) and Union College
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Abstract

The authors spend a year living in a horse-drawn wagon in a camp among Irish Travellers, a nomadic group similar to the Roma. There they experience firsthand what it is like to be members of a socially marginalized group. The chapter discusses the relationships created between anthropologists and the people they study and the daily routines and challenges of fieldwork.

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