Entering the field /

The first thing one can say about researchers entering the field, and the initial encounters that go along with it, is that despite how long one has been an ethnographer and despite how many times one has engaged in new fieldwork, entering the field for the first time is typically a nerve-racking ex...

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Main Author: Madden, Raymond
Other Authors: Atkinson, Paul, 1947- (Editor), Delamont, Sara, 1947- (Editor), Cernat, Alexandru (Editor), Sakshaug, Joseph W. (Editor), Williams, Richard A., active 2020 (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE Publications Ltd., 2020.
Series:Ethnography.
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Summary:The first thing one can say about researchers entering the field, and the initial encounters that go along with it, is that despite how long one has been an ethnographer and despite how many times one has engaged in new fieldwork, entering the field for the first time is typically a nerve-racking experience, as so much depends upon one's successful entry to the field. The appropriate management of such nerves becomes an important aspect of all entries to the field, as the feelings are unlikely to ever completely go away. Being able to undertake the task of good data gathering while initially having to deal with some level of nervousness or anxiety is a typical part of ethnography in the period immediately after entering the ...
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781529745726
1529745721
9781526421036
1526421038