| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 300 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Pictires; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Orality and Literacy; Oral Literature as Verbal Art; Oral Literature and Tradition; Oral Literature as History; Functionality of Oral Literature; Growth of Oral Literature Scholarship in Kenya; The False Step; Anyumbaism in Kenyan Oral Literature Tradition; 2. Research in Oral Literature; Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods; Demystifing Fieldwork; Multidisciplinary in Oral Literature; Fieldwork Defined |
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Responsibilities of a FieldworkerOral Literature and Globalization; Importance of Fieldwork; Critical Ethnography; Exploratory Fieldwork; Intensive Fieldwork; Supervised Fieldwork; Independent Fieldwork; Home-based Fieldwork; Outward-bound Fieldwork; 3. Theory and Oral Literature; Theory and Scholarship; Theory in Oral Literature; Traditional Theories of Oral Literature; Modern Theories of Oral Literature; 4. Methodology in Oral Literature; Methodology and Oral Literature Research; Observation Method; Structured and Unstructured Interview Methods; Fieldwork Design; Fieldwork Preparatory Phase |
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Fieldwork PhasePost-Fieldwork Phase; Qualities of a Consumate Fieldworker; Fieldwork Participants; Lead Researcher's Check-list; Field Research Assistants; Field Local Assistant; Research Driver; Fieldwork Accountant; Fieldwork and Wellness; Literature Review and Sampling; Rapport Building; Fieldwork Documentation; Interview Method; Transcription and Translation; Performance Settings; Importance of Methodology; 5. Documentation, Preservation and Access; Performance and Memory; Archiving Oral Texts; Disconnect between Researchers and Archivists; University of Nairobi and Archiving of Oral Text |
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Archivists and NeutralityDigital Technology and Archiving; Ong and Secondary Orality; Importance of Digitalization; Challenges of Digitalization; 6. Data Analysis; Oral Literature Criticism; Transcription and Translation; Data Analysis; Coding in Oral Literature; Textualization in Verbal Art; Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software; Report Outline; 7. Fieldwork Ethics, Challenges and Strategies; Ethics and Oral Literature; Ethics and Reciprocity; Omondi Tawo the Bard; Ethics and Accountability; Ethics and Informed Consent; Managing Expectations; Non-Compensation School |
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Self-CompensationFieldwork in Conflict Zone; Ethical Dilemmas; Ethics and Creative Deception; Release Form A; Release Form B; Other Fieldwork Challenges; Bibliography; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
Contemporary Oral Literature Fieldwork is based on rich research experience dating back to the 1990s. The book is written against the backdrop of Africa's confusion with regard to the place of oral literature in the face of the rest of the world, where oral literature exists in conjunction with new literary forms. Wasamba argues that the oral and the written literatures are complementary literary forms. Throughout the work, the author underscores the universal dimension of oral literature as he demonstrates its particular attributes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Folk literature, African -- History and criticism
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Folk literature, African -- Study and teaching
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Oral tradition -- Africa
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African history.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS / African.
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Folk literature, African
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Folk literature -- Study and teaching
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Oral tradition
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Africa
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Kenya
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9966792511 |
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9789966792518 |
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