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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Published in: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Review

Encounters with fierce dogs and itchy bedbugs: why my first field work failed

Author: Ingvar Svanberg

Published in: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

This essay, which is the fifth in the series “Recollections, Reflections, and Revelations: Personal Experiences in Ethnobiology”, is a personal reminiscence by the researcher on his first field experience in Turkey in the late 1970s, which was a failure from an ethnobiological point of view but a success for a social scientist pursuing Turkic studies. The author later returned to ethnobiology during subsequent fieldwork on the Faroes.
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Metadata
Title
Encounters with fierce dogs and itchy bedbugs: why my first field work failed
Author
Ingvar Svanberg
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1746-4269
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-10-39

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