Fieldwork as Craftwork

Introduction: Practical Guidance from an Experienced Researcher

Part I: Designing Your Research Strategy

1. The Right Research Strategy: Different Approaches to Fieldwork

2. Research Design: Sites, Sources, Methods, Internal Review Boards

3. Funding: Fellowships, Grants, Contracts, Volunteer Work

Part II: Preparing for the Field

4. Research Logistics: Field Plan, Travel, Equipment

5. Health and Safety: Self-Preservation and Self-Defense



Part III: Working in the Field

6. Access: Contacts, Interpreters, Subjects

7. Engagement: Interviews and Casual Conversations

8. Participant-Observation: Sites, Jobs, Volunteer Work

9. Additional Sources: Artifacts, Documents, Digital Media

10. Departure: Leaving the Field and Returning Home



Part IV: Analyzing Your Data and Writing Your Report

11. Evidence: Assessment, Analysis, Documentation

12. Writing and Publishing: From Researcher to Author



Conclusion: No One Best Way, Only a Messy Way

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• Guerra e Defesa

Data Collection;Ethnography;Field Research;Methodology;Permission;Qualitative Methods;Research Ethics;Security Studies