December 1998 Field Notes - Canterbury

Fieldnote 1

Date: 1/12/98 Time: midday Place: UKC People: Language:
Topic: Continued preparation difficulties. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 2

Date: 2/12/98 Time: morning Place: ukc People: Language:
Topic: Meeting with UKC lecturer. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 3

Date: 4/12/98 Time: ukc Place: midday People: Language:
Topic: equipment testing and purchasing <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 4

Date: 5/12/98 Time: afternoon Place: ukc People: Language:
Topic: kinship- genealogies. How to use them effectively <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 5

Date: 11/12/98 Time: afternoon Place: Islamabad Shelton House People: Language:
Topic: Arrival- newspaper headlines <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 6

Date: 11/12/98 Time: 6:00 pm Place: Islamabad People: L. & P. Language: English
Topic: Discussion of alternate site <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 7

Date: 12/12/98 Time: Midday Place: Melody Market People: Afghan I/E dealer Language: English
Topic: Afghani hospitality <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 8

Date: 12/12/98 Time: all day Place: Islamabad markets People: Language: English
Topic: Market trawling for research project. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 9

Date: 13/12/98 Time: morning Place: Islamabad -Shelton House People: 2 guest house employees Language: English
Topic: Ethnic stereotypes <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 10

Date: 14/12/98 Time: morning Place: Islamabad - Shelton Guest house People: servers in dining room Language: English
Topic: Pakistani breakfast rules <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 11

Date: 15/12/98 Time: morning Place: Blue Area People: shopkeepers and bank clerks Language: English/Urdu
Topic: Imoressiveness of Pakistani shopkeepers and banks <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 12

Date: 16/12/98 Time: afternoon/evening Place: Bhalot People: Many people from Bhalot Language: English/Urdu/Punjabi
Topic: First day meeting and greeting <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 13

Date: 16/12/98 Time: the previous evening (15/12/98) Place: Jinnah Market People: Guest house receptionist Language: English/Urdu
Topic: Evening on the town in Islamabad <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 14

Date: 16/12/98 Time: evening Place: Bhalot People: [Asif], [Imran] Language: English
Topic: Purchasing products for Christmas <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 15

Date: 17/12/98 Time: morning Place: Bhalot People: Language:
Topic: Plan for the day <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 16

Date: 17/12/98 Time: afternoon Place: Bhalot-my room People: [Malik Amiruddin] Language: English
Topic: International politics <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 17

Date: 17/12/98 Time: afternoon Place: Malik [Azam]'s dhera People: Malik [Azam], [Haider], 3 other servants Language: Punjabi/Urdu
Topic: Status and tea/food <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 18

Date: 17/12/98 Time: night Place: Bhalot - my room People: [Asif] Language: English
Topic: Internet contact acheived <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 19

Date: 17/12/98 Time: night Place: bhalot - my room People: [Asif] Language: English
Topic: Essay contest <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 20

Date: 18/12/98 Time: morning Place: Bhalot People: about 150-200 villagers + visitors Language: Urdu/Punjabi/Arabic
Topic: Funeral prayers <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 21

Date: 18/12/98 Time: morning Place: [Akram]'s dhera People: [Afzal],[Akram],[Asif] 2 other men Language: English
Topic: Conversation with Malik [Afzal] about jirga and arbitration. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 22

Date: 18/12/98 Time: afternoon Place: [Asif]'s tubewell People: [Asif]. [Fazal Rehman], Language: English/Urdu/Punjabi
Topic: Tour of the tubewell and inspection of crops <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 23

Date: 18/12/98 Time: evening Place: Bhalot People: Language:
Topic: Load shedding <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 24

Date: 19/12/98 Time: morning Place: Bhalot - [Afzal]'s dhera People: [Nasir],[Amirruddin] Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: The role of the rich urban relative <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 25

Date: 19/12/98 Time: evening Place: [Asif]'s dhera People: [Imran2], [Rashed], [Rasheed] 1 other man Language: Urdu/Punjabi
Topic: Hanging out in the dhera <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 26

Date: 19/12/98 Time: No time Place: Bhalot People: Language:
Topic: Thoughts on childhood in a Punjabi village <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 27

Date: 20/12/98 Time: late night Place: my room People: [Asif],[Imran] Language: English
Topic: Surfing the web <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 28

Date: 20/12/98 Time: morning Place: [Asif]'s dhera courtyard People: [Asif],[Ghulab Khan],[Abul Rasheed],[Jandangh Khan], Akbar Khan], one unknown Pathan,[Ameer Afzal], [Dél Zaman] Language: Punjabi
Topic: Zamindar court <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 29

Date: 20/12/98 Time: evening Place: my room People: [Imran],[Asif] Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: WWW surfing <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 30

Date: 20/12/98 Time: evening (dinner time 8:30-9:00) Place: my room People: [Imran], [Asif] Language: English
Topic: Celibacy and sex <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 31

Date: 20/12/98 Time: meal times Place: my room People: Language:
Topic: My daily meal list <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 32

Date: 21/12/98 Time: 5:00 am Place: my room People: [Asif] Language: English
Topic: séhree - breakfast before rosa <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 33

Date: 21/12/98 Time: last night Place: my room People: [Asif] Language: English
Topic: Jirga decision on agnatic dispute <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 34

Date: 21/12/98 Time: evening Place: Bhalot People: [LukasWerth] Language: English
Topic: Coming visit of foreign scholars <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 35

Date: 21/12/98 Time: Place: Bhalot People: Language:
Topic: Notions of illness and causes of illness <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 36

Date: 21/12/98 Time: evening Place: my room People: [Imran],[Asif] Language: English
Topic: more websurfing <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 37

Date: 21/12/98 Time: iftari Place: my room People: [Asif] Language: English
Topic: Joint paper on land disputes <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 38

Date: 22/12/98 Time: morning Place: People: [Imran], [Asif] Language:
Topic: Going to Islamabad and punctuality <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 39

Date: 22/12/98 Time: all day Place: Islamabad/Pindi/Wau People: [Imran], [Asif] Language: English/Urdu/Punjabi
Topic: A day out with the boys <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 40

Date: 22/12/98 Time: evening Place: People: email message Language:
Topic: Message regarding Ramazan and rosa <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 41

Date: 22/12/98 Time: night Place: my room People: [Imran],[Asif] Language: English
Topic: More websurfing- cars <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 42

Date: 22/12/98 Time: night Place: my room People: Language:
Topic: Cold water cleansing and intermittent electricty <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 43

Date: 23/12/98 Time: early morning (4:45) Place: my room People: [Rasheed] Language: Punjabi
Topic: Conversation with one of the hardest working men I've ever met. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 44

Date: 22/12/98 Time: morning Place: roof of my room People: Language:
Topic: Good news- the mobile telephone works <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 45

Date: 22/12/98 Time: noon Place: my room People: Language:
Topic: [Rasheed] the engineer (hopefully) <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 46

Date: 23/12/98 Time: evening Place: my room People: [Asif],[Imran],[Wajjid],[Rasheed2], old man Language: Punjabi
Topic: zamindar services: providing phone calls <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 48

Date: 23/12/98 Time: night Place: my room People: [Asif], [Imran], [Rasheed2] Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: Chopat-- the original parchisi <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 49

Date: 24/12/98 Time: Place: People: Language:
Topic: Rules for chopat <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 50

Date: 24/12/98 Time: morning Place: Taxila People: [Asif] Language: English
Topic: Argument over money and expectations <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 51

Date: 24/12/98 Time: morning Place: my room People: [Asif] Language: English
Topic: Another argument <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 52

Date: 24/12/98 Time: all day Place: Bhalot/Taxila/Wau People: [Asif] Language: n/a
Topic: Hard day of anger and hurt feelings <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 53

Date: 25/12/98 Time: morning Place: my room People: unknown Language: English
Topic: Anonymous Christmas card <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 54

Date: 25/12/98 Time: meal times Place: my room People: Language:
Topic: continued list of meals <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 55

Date: 25/12/98 Time: afternoon Place: [Asif]'s dhÈra People: [Bilal] Language: English
Topic: Discussion of anthropology and looking through my notes <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 56

Date: 25/12/98 Time: afternoon Place: [Asif]'s dhÈra People: [Nasir], [Imran], [Bilal], [Totu], later [Asif], [Azam], [Wajjid], [Aleena], [Hussain] Language: Punjabi
Topic: Disputes over money <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 57

Date: 25/12/98 Time: evening/night Place: my room People: [Asif], [Amirruddin], [Wajjid], [Imran], [Nasir], [Bilal], [Naveed], [Malik Akram], [Rasheed], several other people Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: Christmas Party <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 58

Date: 25/12/98 Time: night Place: my room People: [Asif], [Nasir], [Imran], [Malik Akram] Language: English
Topic: Explanation of money dispute. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 59

Date: 25/12/98 Time: night Place: my room People: [Asif], [Amirruddin], [Amiruddin]'s driver, three Pathans Language: Punjabi
Topic: Asking for zamindar intervention with a neighbouring zamindar <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 60

Date: 26/12/98 Time: all day Place: [Asif]'s dhÈra courtyard People: [Rasheed], [Dholat] Language: Punjabi
Topic: idle chatter <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 61

Date: 26/12/98 Time: night Place: my room People: [Michael] via email Language: English
Topic: Email regarding money dispute and child birth rates <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 62

Date: 27/12/98 Time: last night Place: my room People: [Asif] Language: English
Topic: WWW specific requests for potatoes, onions. Prices and vareities available. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 63

Date: 27/12/98 Time: last night Place: my room People: [Asif] Language: English
Topic: Questions about how the internet works. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 64

Date: 27/12/98 Time: late afternoon Place: my room People: [Bilal] Language: English
Topic: Status of women in Pakistan and Purdah <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 65

Date: 27/12/98 Time: evening Place: my room People: [Imran] Language: English
Topic: Purdah-- continued sampling of men's views <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 66

Date: 27/12/98 Time: evening Place: my room People: [Imran] Language: English
Topic: Falcon Shikar (hunting) tomorrow <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 67

Date: 27/12/98 Time: evening Place: [Asif]'s dhÈra People: Language:
Topic: Language problems <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 68

Date: 27/12/98 Time: evening Place: my room People: [Imran] Language: English
Topic: Money dispute follow up-- where the borrower intends to get the money. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 69

Date: 29/12/98 Time: yesterday all day Place: About 10 km from the village People: [Imran], [Ijaz], [Salamaat], [Khaleq], one other man Language: Punjabi
Topic: Boz shikar - Hunting with falcons <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 70

Date: 29/12/98 Time: yesterday early morning Place: the house of the family of [Mohammad Shakeel] People: A large group of men, [Imran], [Ijaz] Language: No speaking
Topic: Grieving in the home of a deceased boy-- another death. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 71

Date: 29/12/98 Time: afternoon Place: my room People: [Michael] via email Language:
Topic: IT support from CSAC <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 72

Date: 29/12/98 Time: evening Place: [Asif]'s dhÈra People: [Bilal], [Amir], [Imran], [Nasir] Language: English
Topic: Mythical origins of Bhaloti Gujars <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 73

Date: 30/12/98 Time: no time Place: People: [Rasheed2] Language: Punjabi
Topic: The driver of a small landowner tells a little about his boss <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 74

Date: 30/12/98 Time: afternoon Place: [Asif]'s dhÈra People: [Amir Afzal], [Ijaz] Language: Punjabi/Urdu
Topic: 10th day of Ramazan-- some rosa rule bending <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 75

Date: 30/12/98 Time: afternoon Place: [Asif]'s dhÈra People: [Ijaz],[Amir Afzal] Language: Punjabi/Urdu
Topic: [Ijaz]'s family <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 76

Date: 30/12/98 Time: evening Place: Attock District People: [Nasir], [Ijaz], [Latif] Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: Long drive around the area <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 77

Date: 30/12/98 Ramazan 10, 149? Time: evening Place: my room People: [Afzal], [Wajjid], [Rasheed2], [Imran], [Asif] Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: Late night discussion with Malik [Afzal] <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 78

Date: 31/12/98 Time: all day Place: Pindi People: Person-24 Person-18 Person-35 Person-15 Person-76 Language: Urdu/Punjabi/English
Topic: Buyign a jeep for hunting in Pindi <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 79

Date: 31/12/98 Time: night Place: my room and oustide my room People: Person-69 Person-87 Person-87's friend Person-0 Person-85 Person-15 Language: English/Punjabi/Gujri
Topic: Two young zamindars learn of the existence of Gujri. <--!xsl:else /-->