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From sea to shore : ethnographic account of seafarers' experience onboard merchant ships / Polina Baum-Talmor.

By: Material type: TextSeries: SAGE research methods. CasesPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473946385 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 387.544 23
LOC classification:
  • G540
Online resources: Seafarers play a significant role in the global economy, as 90% of the world's goods are delivered by sea; nevertheless, they form a relatively understudied group in society. Hence, the author became interested in their lives and decided to research them through an ethnographic study. The research was conducted as part of completing the requirements for Master of Arts degree in Anthropology at the University of Haifa, Israel. This article aims to deliver the process of research onboard merchant ships in order to exemplify the reality of isolated research field in practice.
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Seafarers play a significant role in the global economy, as 90% of the world's goods are delivered by sea; nevertheless, they form a relatively understudied group in society. Hence, the author became interested in their lives and decided to research them through an ethnographic study. The research was conducted as part of completing the requirements for Master of Arts degree in Anthropology at the University of Haifa, Israel. This article aims to deliver the process of research onboard merchant ships in order to exemplify the reality of isolated research field in practice.

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