Scholars from around the world reflect on their own fieldwork practice in order to give practical advice and discuss more general theoretical points.
Preface
vii
Contributors
ix
1 Stig Thøgersen and Maria Heimer
Introduction
1
(26)
Section I: The Role of Fieldwork in the Research Process
2 Kevin J. O'Brien
Discovery, Research (Re)design, and Theory Building
27
(15)
3 Elin Sæther
Fieldwork as Coping and Learning
42
(16)
4 Maria Heimer
Field Sites, Research Design and Type of Findings
58
(23)
Section II: Official China and Beyond
5 Mette Halskov Hansen
In the Footsteps of the Communist Party: Dilemmas and Strategies
81
(15)
6 Emily T. Yeh
'An Open Lhasa Welcomes You': Disciplining the Researcher in Tibet
96
(14)
7 Stig Thøgersen
Beyond Official Chinese: Language Codes and Strategies
110
(19)
Section III: Data Collection
8 Björn Gustafsson and Li Shi
Surveys — Three Ways to Obtain Household Income Data
129
(24)
9 Dorothy J. Solinger
Interviewing Chinese People: From High-level Officials to the Unemployed
153
(15)
10 Baogang He
Consultancy: A Different Gate to the Field
168
(21)
11 Stig Thøgersen
Approaching the Field through Written Sources
189
(20)
Section IV: Insiders and Outsiders
12 Bu Wei
Looking for 'the Insider's Perspective: Human Trafficking in Sichuan
209
(16)
13 Björn Kjellgren
The Significance of Benevolence and Wisdom —Reflections on Field Positionality
225
(20)
14 Mette Thunø
In the 'Field' Together: Potentials and Pitfalls in Collaborative Research
245
(17)
15 Marina Svensson
Ethical Dilemmas: Balancing Distance with Involvement
262
(21)
Appendices
Anja Møller Rasmussen, Inga-Lill Blomkvist and Mads Kjeldsen
An Annotated Bibliography
283
(26)
Chinese Glossary
309
(4)
Index
313
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