Comments on: Teaching Anthropology “In The Field”

By: Seven Ways to Talk to a White Man | Savage Minds

Seven Ways to Talk to a White Man | Savage Minds — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:27:34 +0000

[…] the first to admit that I have a long way still to go. But for the past six years I’ve been teaching in Chinese and so I’ve achieved a certain degree of fluency even if nobody who spoke to me for more than […]

By: Annual Highlights — 2010 | Savage Minds

Annual Highlights — 2010 | Savage Minds — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:04:57 +0000

[…] also a ran a few posts on navigating the trials of
grad school and professional anthropology. Kerim reflected on
shifting his research away from a focus on Taiwan, despite the fact
that he had taken a job in Taiwan in order to do research there.
Then there was a […]

By: Four Stone Hearth #84! (Gratuitous Gelada Edition) « A Primate of Modern Aspect

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:40:43 +0000

[…] Kerim has a post about becoming expat teacher near the location of his old field site. […]

By: Kerim

Kerim — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:58:52 +0000

Thanks John. I know a lot of US based professors who take up research topics easily accessible near their university. It usually isn’t where they did their initial Ph.D. field work, but it becomes their field site afterwards.

By: John McCreery

John McCreery — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:57:58 +0000

I wonder how many of us are in Kerim’s situation, teaching anthropology to natives of the place where we do research?

Beautiful pictures, by the way.

By: Global Voices Online » Taiwan: Teaching anthropology in Hualien

Global Voices Online » Taiwan: Teaching anthropology in Hualien — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:41:36 +0000

[…] Friedman writes about his experience teaching anthropology at Dong Hwa University in Hualien. Cancel this […]