Experiencing Fieldwork : An Inside View of Qualitative Research

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ISBN: 9780803936454 | 0803936451
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Copyright: 12/1/1990

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How do you gain entry into a research setting? What tricks are there to learning the rules of the community without alienating the people you came to study? How are good relations maintained with informants? What happens after you leave the field? In Experiencing Fieldwork top ethnographers address these and other questions, bring fieldwork alive for the reader and provide invaluable advice for those entering the field.

Introduction
PART ONE: GETTING IN - John Van Maanen
Playing Back the Tape
Early Days in the Field - Robert G Burgess
Sponsors, Gatekeepers, Members and Friends
Access in Educational Settings - Joan Neff Gurney
Female Researchers in Male-Dominated Settings
Implications for Short-Term Versus Long-Term Research - James T Richardson
Experiencing Research on New Religions and Cults
Practical and Ethical Considerations - William Shaffir
Managing a Convincing Self-Presentation
Some Personal Reflections on Entering the Field
PART TWO: LEARNING THE ROPES - David M Fetterman
A Walk Through the Wilderness
Learning to Find Your Way - Richard G Mitchell Jr
Secrecy and Disclosure in Fieldwork - Christine Griffin
The Researcher Talks Back
Dealing With Power Relations in Studies of Young People's Entry to the Job Market - Robert Prus
Encountering the Marketplace
Achieving Intimate Familiarity with Vendor Activity - Jaber F Gubrium
Recognizing and Analyzing Local Cultures
PART THREE: MAINTAINING RELATIONS - Peter McLaren
Field Relations and the Discourse of the Other
Collaboration in Our Own Ruin - A Donald Evans
Maintaining Relationships in a School for the Deaf - Patricia A Adler and Peter Adler
Stability and Flexibility
Maintaining Relations Within Organized and Unorganized Groups - Sherryl Kleinman
Fieldworkers' Feelings
What We Feel, Who We Are, How We Analyze - Ramona M Asher and Gary Alan Fine
Fragile Ties
Shaping Research Relationships with Women Married to Alcoholics
PART FOUR: LEAVING AND KEEPING IN TOUCH - Daniel Wolff
High Risk Methodology
Reflections on Leaving an Outlaw Society - Charles P Gallmeier
Leaving, Revisiting, and Staying in Touch
Neglected Issues in Field Research - Ilene M Kaplan
Gone Fishing, Be Back Later
Ending and Resuming Research Among Fishermen - Steven J Taylor
Leaving the Field
Research, Relationships, and Responsibilities - Robert A Stebbins
Do We Ever Leave the Field? Notes on Secondary Fieldwork Involvements

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