Book ID: CBB819681602

Inside Science: Stories from the Field in Human and Animal Science (2019)

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Kohler, Robert E. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 264
Language: English

Context and situation always matter in both human and animal lives. Unique insights can be gleaned from conducting scientific studies from within human communities and animal habitats. Inside Science is a novel treatment of this distinctive mode of fieldwork. Robert E. Kohler illuminates these resident practices through close analyses of classic studies: of Trobriand Islanders, Chicago hobos, corner boys in Boston’s North End, Jane Goodall’s chimpanzees of the Gombe Stream Reserve, and more. Intensive firsthand observation; a preference for generalizing from observed particulars, rather than from universal principles; and an ultimate framing of their results in narrative form characterize these inside stories from the field.   Resident observing takes place across a range of sciences, from anthropology and sociology to primatology, wildlife ecology, and beyond. What makes it special, Kohler argues, is the direct access it affords scientists to the contexts in which their subjects live and act. These scientists understand their subjects not by keeping their distance but by living among them and engaging with them in ways large and small. This approach also demonstrates how science and everyday life—often assumed to be different and separate ways of knowing—are in fact overlapping aspects of the human experience. This story-driven exploration is perfect for historians, sociologists, and philosophers who want to know how scientists go about making robust knowledge of nature and society.

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Review Erika Lorraine Milam (2020) Review of "Inside Science: Stories from the Field in Human and Animal Science". American Historical Review (pp. 990-991). unapi

Review Stephen Bocking (2020) Review of "Inside Science: Stories from the Field in Human and Animal Science". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 425-426). unapi

Review Melinda Gormley (2019) Review of "Inside Science: Stories from the Field in Human and Animal Science". Journal of the History of Biology (pp. 737-739). unapi

Review Nadine Weidman (2019) Review of "Inside Science: Stories from the Field in Human and Animal Science". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (pp. 369-370). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rees, Amanda
Patra, Prasanna Kumar
Harris, Nigel
Rose, Deborah Bird
Link, Adrianna
Jia Hui Lee
Concepts
Life sciences
Field work
Primatology
Anthropology
Ecology
Primates
Time Periods
20th century, late
19th century
21st century
20th century
18th century
Modern
Places
Tanzania (Tanganyika, Zanzibar)
South America
Japan
India
Berlin (Germany)
Institutions
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
Smithsonian Institution
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