<--!xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"--> January 1999 Field Notes

January 1999 Field Notes

Fieldnote 1

Date: 1/1/99 Time: late morning/early afternoon Place: Jang People: Person-88 Person-82 Person-90 Person-91 Language: English/Urdu
Topic: Meeting a Jang farmer and spending some time with NARC reps. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 2

Date: 1/1/99 Time: evenings Place: Bhalot People: Language: Urdu
Topic: Telly watching in the dhÈra <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 3

Date: 1/1/99 Time: evening Place: Islamabad - NARC employee housing compound People: Person-88 Person-93 Person-94 Person-95 Language: Urdu/English
Topic: being treateed like a king in Islambad <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 4

Date: 1/1/99 Time: New Year's eve (last night) Place: Taxila People: Person-36 Person-15 Person-18 Person-17 Language: English/Urdu/Punjabi
Topic: New Year's eve party and websurfing <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 5

Date: 2/1/99 Time: morning/afternoon Place: NARC offices-Pindi People: Language: Urdu/Punjabi
Topic: Morning in the state offices, afternoon in Saddar bazaar <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 6

Date: 2/1/99 Time: lat afternoon Place: Islamabad People: Person-1 Person-10 Person-97 Language: English
Topic: Meeting with anthropologists. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 7

Date: 2/1/99 Time: Place: People: Language: Punjabi to English
Topic: Translation of bird names <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 8

Date: 4/1/98 Time: last night Place: Islamabad-NARC quarters People: Person-88 Person-93 Language: English/Urdu
Topic: More info on Malik family secrets <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 9

Date: 4/1/99 Time: last night Place: Islamabad NARC quarters People: Person-88 Person-93 Language: English/Urdu
Topic: Tales of bodyguards and killings among zamindars <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 10

Date: 4/1/99 Time: all day Place: Bhalot/Pathankot People: Person-10 Person-1 Person-70 Language: English
Topic: Driving out to Bhalot and visiting a second village <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 11

Date: 5/1/99 Time: morning Place: baitek People: Person-10 Person-16 Person-1 Language: English
Topic: Investigating pir mureedi and shrines <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 12

Date: 7/1/99 Time: Place: Pindi People: Person-1 Person-10 Language: English
Topic: Reminders and conversations about linguisitc/ethnic groupings <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 13

Date: 7/1/99 Time: afternoon Place: Kolyam Sharif\ People: Person-10 Person-1 Language: Urdu
Topic: `urs' at Kalyam Sharif <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 14

Date: 11/1/99 Time: early afternoon Place: Islamabad-Quaid-i-Azam University People: Person-10 Person-1 Person-105 Language: English
Topic: Meeting with anthropologist from Quaid-i-Azam Uni <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 15

Date: 12/1/99 Time: evening Place: Bhalot-my room People: Person-17 Person-15 Person-19 Person-108 Person-109 Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: Watching `urs' film from Kalyam Sharif <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 16

Date: 12/1/99 Time: evening Place: Bhalot - my room People: Person-15 Person-109 Language: English/Urdu
Topic: Kalyam Sharif-- gadinasheen <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 17

Date: 13/1/99 Time: early afternoon Place: Streets 1,2 and 3 Bhalot People: Language: Punjabi
Topic: Household census <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 18

Date: 14/1/99 Time: evening Place: my bathroom People: Language:
Topic: Electric shock <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 19

Date: 14/1/99 Time: evening Place: my room People: Person-17 Language: English
Topic: More detail on family factions and pst disputes. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 20

Date: 14/1/99 Time: yesterday Place: my room People: Person-36 Person-69 Language: English
Topic: Race explanations for size difference between Maliks and other Bhalotis <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 21

Date: 14/1/99 Time: all day Place: Pindi People: Person-26 Person-17 Person-18 Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: A wasted day in Pindi. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 22

Date: Time: 15/1/99 Place: Mosque- Bhalot People: Language: Arabic/Urdu
Topic: Namaz-e-juma. Last Friday in Ramazan. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 23

Date: 15/1/99 Time: morning Place: Dhera People: Person-128 Person-17 Person-85 Person-129 Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: Meeting a malang. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 24

Date: 15/1/99 Time: afternoon Place: Pind Bhader Khan People: Person-15 Person-131 Language: Punjabi
Topic: Zakat Committee activities and being uninvited to a dhek. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 25

Date: 16/1/99 Time: all day Place: Abbottabad People: Person-24 Person-69 Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: Day out in Abbottabad <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 26

Date: 16/1/99 Time: afternoon Place: road from Abbottabad People: Person-24 Person-69 Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: Family origins <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 27

Date: 17/1/99 Time: Afternoon Place: Bhalot People: Person-85 Language: Punjabi/English
Topic: Census and map making afternoon. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 28

Date: 17/1/99 Time: 2:45 pm Place: the garage outside my room People: Person-17 Language: English
Topic: confidentiality <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 29

Date: 17/1/99 Time: Place: near Mosque People: Language:
Topic: Map 2 <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 30

Date: 17/1/99 Time: afternoon Place: behind Malik bighouses People: Language:
Topic: More maps-- overlap with previous section <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 31

Date: 17/1/99 Time: Place: People: Language:
Topic: More maps- extended from map 3 <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 32

Date: 18/1/99 Time: Place: People: Language:
Topic: Map 5- moving away from mosque area <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 33

Date: 18/1/99 Time: morning Place: my room People: Language:
Topic: Organising data- Database format nightmares <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 34

Date: 19/1/99 Time: morning Place: my room People: Person-15 Person-19 Person-17 Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: Eid-ul-Fitr morning. EID MUBARAK-- NO MORE SEHREE!!! <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 35

Date: 19/1/99 Time: all day Eid ul Fitr Place: Bhalot People: Language: Punjabi/English
Topic: Celebrating Eid ul Fitr <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 36

Date: 20/1/99 Time: yesterday afternoon Place: dhÈra People: Person-17 Person-35 Person-69 Person-131 Person-19 Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: Treatment after an accident <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 37

Date: 22/1/99 Time: afternoon Place: dogger People: Person-15 Person-140 Language: English/Punjabi
Topic: Driving a tractor and good agro conversation <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 38

Date: 23/1/99 Time: Place: People: Person-142 Language:
Topic: A breakdown of the Malik families. <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 39

Date: 24/1/99 Time: evening Place: my room People: Person-15 Person-109 Language: English/Punjabi/Urdu
Topic: Malik family genealogy <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 40

Date: 24/1/99 Time: yesterday and today Place: Bhalot People: Person-10 Language: Urdu
Topic: Visiting anthropologist <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 41

Date: 24/1/99 Time: past three or four days Place: Bhalot/Lahore/Taxila People: Language:
Topic: Bad note taking due to hectic schedule <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 42

Date: 28/1/99 Time: past week Place: Bhalot/Pindi People: Language:
Topic: Private information about inter-family and intra-family problems <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 43

Date: 29/1/99 Time: afternoon Place: Kalyam Sharif People: Language:
Topic: Catching up again from Kalyam Sharif <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 44

Date: 30/1/99 Time: midday+afternoon Place: school and tubewell dhÈra People: Language: Urdu
Topic: Kuli Kacherri <--!xsl:else /-->

Fieldnote 45

Date: 31/1/99 Time: afternoon Place: dhÈra outside People: Person-161 Person-162 Person-163 Language: Urdu/English
Topic: Refusing to speak English <--!xsl:else /-->