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  title info:
    title: Doing urban development fieldwork
    sub title: motorbike ethnography in Hanoi
  name:
    name part: Hansen, Arve
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: Doing fieldwork in countries and cultures different from your own comes with a host of challenges and rewards. This case discusses parts of the research behind my PhD thesis on development, consumption, and mobility in Vietnam's capital city, Hanoi. I focus on the "messiness" of fieldwork and champion the need for researchers and students to adopt a flexible approach to the field. This includes being open to changing research strategies and to questioning theories and other preconceptions. In this case, I also explain how one vehicle, the motorbike, came to play a crucial role in my research, to the extent that I ended up calling my approach a "motorbike ethnography." The case discusses challenges concerning entering the field, collecting data, and dealing with the data, in addition to less commonly treated topics, such as field loneliness. In sum, the case aims not only to inspire students to go out and study the world with an open mind but also to encourage them to keep a structured approach, take notes, and spend much time getting to know local contexts. Real life is immensely complex, and we need to keep this in mind when trying to create better understanding of some small parts of it.
  target audience: specialized
  note: Arve Hansen.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: a-vt---
  subject:
    topic: Sociology
    topic: Research
    geographic: Vietnam
    geographic: Hanoi
  subject:
    topic: Urbanization
    geographic: Vietnam
    geographic: Hanoi
  subject:
    topic: Ethnology
    geographic: Vietnam
    geographic: Hanoi
  subject:
    topic: Urbanisation
    geographic: Viêt-nam
    geographic: Hanoi
  subject:
    topic: Ethnologie
    geographic: Viêt-nam
    geographic: Hanoi
  subject:
    topic: Ethnology
  subject:
    topic: Sociology
    topic: Research
  subject:
    topic: Urbanization
  subject:
    geographic: Vietnam
    geographic: Hanoi
  classification: HM578.V5 H36 2018
  classification: 301.072
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SAGE Research Methods
      part name: Cases
  identifier: 9781526429384
  identifier: 1526429381
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: SGPBL
    record creation date: 180104
    record change date: 20240923170252.3
    record identifier: in00005493941
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng