The Value of Autoethnography for Field Research in Transcultural Settings

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• *The research described in this paper was supported by SSHRC (410-95-0289), the National Science Foundation (SBR-9712017), and the Social Sciences Research Council (Pre-dissertation Fellowship). The authors wish to thank the residents of Shimshal and Askole for what they have helped us learn, as well as Paul Berkowitz, Nancy Cook, and three anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments on earlier drafts of the paper.
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