In recent years, profound methodological changes have been influencing European Ethnology. New concepts and approaches to field research are shaping the debate. Seventeen authors present the new contemporary and historical developments and prepare them for methodological training. This serves as a foundation for students and researchers.

Contents include:

• From Field to Assemblage? Perspectives on European Ethnological Methodological Developments (Sabine Hess/Maria Schwertl, Göttingen)
• The Pragmatics of Ethnographic Temporality. New Forms of Time Organization in Field Research (Gisela Welz, Frankfurt am Main)
• Discourse Analysis. Opportunities for a Folklore and Ethnology Cultural Science (Sabine Eggmann, Basel)
• After Writing Culture - with Actor-Network: Science, Medicine, and Technology Research (Michi Knecht, Berlin)
• Researching in Assemblages.