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Doing a Field Research in an Intercultural Labyrinth of a Small Spa (a Ball of Thread Included)

Publication date: 15.11.2013

Ethnographies, 2013, Volume 41, Issue 3, pp. 203 - 209

https://doi.org/10.4467/22999558.PE.13.017.1358

Authors

Linda Šimeková
Comenius University in Bratislava, Vajanského nábrežie, Staré Mesto, 811 02 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Doing a Field Research in an Intercultural Labyrinth of a Small Spa (a Ball of Thread Included)

Abstract

The article bases on ethnographical field research made in intercultural environment of little Slovakian spa. The author choses a place where different social groups co-exist: spa clients, spa employees and residents of the spa village. The general question is how the local quality of this environment is perceived and what are the contents of this exact idea of local quality, but the text mostly reveals a few aspects of the field research experience, the role of anthropologist, problems with finding informants and possible ways of fitting into the rythm of live in the spa resort.

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Husovská L., Takátsová J., Slovak Spas, Bratislava 2002.

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Information: Ethnographies, 2013, Volume 41, Issue 3, pp. 203 - 209

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Doing a Field Research in an Intercultural Labyrinth of a Small Spa (a Ball of Thread Included)

English:

Doing a Field Research in an Intercultural Labyrinth of a Small Spa (a Ball of Thread Included)

Authors

Comenius University in Bratislava, Vajanského nábrežie, Staré Mesto, 811 02 Bratislava, Slovakia

Published at: 15.11.2013

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Linda Šimeková (Author) - 100%

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