Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco

The following sources may be helpful in contextualizing Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco within the larger anthropological discussion at the time.

• Encounter and Experience, Personal Accounts of Fieldwork by Andre Beteille and T. N. Madan (1975)

 Encounter and Experience, Personal Accounts of Fieldwork was written around the same time as Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco and depicts varying perspectives on the experience of fieldwork.

• The Interpretation of Cultures by Clifford Geertz (1973)

The Interpretation of Cultures is a major work by Rabinow’s PhD advisor, Clifford Geertz.

•  Women in the Field: Anthropological Experiences by Peggy Gold (1975)

Women in the Field is another work published around the same time as Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco. It recounts fieldwork experiences from the perspectives of women in anthropology.

• Symbolic Domination: Cultural Form and Historical Change in Morocco by Paul Rabinow (1975)

Symbolic Domination is Rabinow’s PhD ethnography, the official anthropological account of his stay in Morocco.