Returning to the field : I'm older and they're wiser

Discusses the processes of change and human development that affect the process of long-term fieldwork. Talks about how fieldwork conducted on Pollap Atoll, Micronesia during 1998-1999 differed from dissertation research conducted in the same place eighteen years earlier. States that changes since 1980 in their way of life, relationships with outsiders and their understanding of anthropology contributed to the authors heightened sense of confidence, decreased anxiety and increased faith in participant observation. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.