“book methodology and fieldwork”

This volume contains an account, written by well-known scholars, of the research methods used in social anthropology and sociology. Divided into four parts, the first section touches on the nature of social research; the second discusses fieldwork; the third reviews different survey methods; and the... More

This volume contains an account, written by well-known scholars, of the research methods used in social anthropology and sociology. Divided into four parts, the first section touches on the nature of social research; the second discusses fieldwork; the third reviews different survey methods; and the... More

Vivid, passionate, funny, deeply researched, and page-turningly plotted, this novel--set in northern Thailand--is a daring, spellbinding tale of anthropologists, missionaries, demon possession, sexual taboos, murder, and an obsessed young reporter named Mischa Berlinski.A daring, spellbinding tale o... More

In this long-anticipated second edition of The Art of Fieldwork, prominent anthropologist Harry F. Wolcott updates his original groundbreaking text, which both challenges and petitions anthropology and its practitioners to draw not only on the traditional precepts of science, but also on the richnes... More

This tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists, one American and two Chinese. As decades of mutual ethnographic research among the Nuosu in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, unfold, the authors enter one another's narratives and challenge the reader to... More

Fieldwork for Design looks at why ethnographic approaches have been turned to in the design of computing devices for the workplace, for the home and elsewhere. It presents a history of ethnography, both as it was practiced before computer science picked it up and since, most especially in the CSCW a... More

"In my view, the monograph will be well worth the modest outlay involved for three kinds of user. First, for fieldworkers who choose to spurn safe topics, it makes good preliminary reading, alerting them to issues that they should address before entering the field, and pointing them to additional fo... More

Fieldwork has often been viewed as a great black hole, untaught and unteachable. While recent years have seen an increase in the number of how-to manuals for doing fieldwork, they never fully convey the complexity of the experience--the loneliness, the uncertainty, the moral dilemmas, the ambiguitie... More

What is the place of emotions in fieldwork? Do emotions hinder research, or do they help the researcher to understand better those they are studying? Qualitative researchers have mixed feelings about emotions and the effects on their research. Consequently, many fieldworkers allow themselves to have... More

"This book is one in the popular series of slim volumes entitled 'Qualitative Research Methods' from Sage Publications and, like the others in the series, it provides an excellent introduction to its field. As the ethics of research comes under increasing scrutiny the appearance of this book makes a... More