Fieldwork/
edited by Christopher Pole.
- London: SAGE, 2005.
- 4 v.: ill.; 25 cm.
v. 1. Origins and definitions of fieldwork -- v. 2. The fieldwork experience: methods and methodology -- v. 3. Ethics and politics in fieldwork -- v. 4. Analysis, outcomes, and reflections
VOLUME ONE: ORIGINS AND DEFINITIONS OF FIELDWORK WHAT IS FIELDWORK? Introduction - Everett C Hughes The Place of Fieldwork in Social Research Approaches to Field Research - Robert G Burgess The Meaning of Fieldwork - B Junker Fieldwork versus (Just) Being in the Field - Harry F Wolcott PART TWO: FIELDWORK AND THEORY Social Theory in Field Research - J Bensman and A Vidich The Method of Fieldwork and the Invisible Facts of Native Law and Economics - B Malinowski Theoretical Presuppositions of Fieldwork - R Wax Fieldwork and the Empirical Tradition - E E Evans-Pritchard The Logic and Social Psychology of the Field - L Schatzman and A Strauss Situating Feminist Dilemmas in Fieldwork - Diane L Wolf PART THREE: EARLY FIELDWORK Frontier Anthropologist - H R Hays Concerning Henry Rowe Schoolcraft The Convergent Period - T Penniman The Ethnographer's Magic - George W Stocking Jr Fieldwork in British Anthropology from Tylor to Malinowski Confessions of Ignorance and Failure - B Malinowski PART FOUR: FIELDWORK CLOSER TO HOME On Anthropology at Home - D Messerschmidt Ethnography Reconstructed - M Agar The Development of Field Research Methods - Martin Bulmer PART FIVE: FIELDWORK AND FIELDWORKERS Fieldworkers as Professionals - S Kleinman and M Copp Gender and Fieldwork Relationships - Carol B Warren The Sex(ual) Field - Amanda Coffey
VOLUME TWO: THE FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE: METHODS AND METHODOLOGY PART ONE: EARLY DAYS IN THE FIELD The Art and Technology of Fieldwork - B Geer Managing a Convincing Self-Presentation - William Shaffir Some Personal Reflections on Entering the Field 'Introduction' and 'First Night Alone' - Hortense Powdermaker PART TWO: SAMPLING IN THE FIELD Sampling in Ethnographic Fieldwork - J Honnigman Decision-Taking in the Fieldwork Process - Janet Finch and Jennifer Mason Theoretical Sampling and Collaborative Working PART THREE: OBSERVING IN THE FIELD Roles in Sociological Field Observation - R Gold Fieldwork - Harry F Wolcott The Basic Arts Cracking Diamonds - Gary Alan Fine Observer Role in Little League Baseball Settings and the Acquisition of Social Competence Getting On the Door and Staying There - David Calvey A Covert Participant Observational Study of Bouncers Uncovering the Ethnographer - Odette Parry PART FOUR: FIELD TALK: INTERVIEWS AND CONVERSATIONS The Spoken Word - Beatrice and Sydney Webb Conversations with a Purpose - Robert G Burgess The Ethnographic Interview in Educational Research Is Oral History Auto//Biography? - Joanna Bornat PART FIVE: DOCUMENTS AND THE FIELD Evidence and Proof in Documentary Research - Jennifer Platt Some Specific Problems of Documentary Research Mass-Observation's Fieldwork Methods - Liz Stanley /f003D[ac]ej[gr]a Entendu - J Jackson The Liminal Qualities of Anthropological Fieldnotes PART SIX: VIEWING THE FIELD: VISUAL METHODS Visual Anthropology - Marcus Banks Image, Object and Interpretation Picture This - A Bolton, C Pole and P Mizen Researching Child Workers PART SEVEN: REFLECTING ON FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE Methods of Study - Ken Pryce Like That Desmond Morris - Gary Armstrong
VOLUME THREE: ETHICS AND POLITICS IN FIELDWORK PART ONE: THE RELEVANCE OF POLITICS AND ETHICS Is Social Research Political? - Martyn Hammersley The Politics and Ethics of Fieldwork - Maurice Punch Muddy Boots and Grubby Hands Deconstructing the Field - Roy Turner PART TWO: TAKING SIDES Whose Side Are We On? - Howard S Becker Taking Sides in Research - Martyn Hammersley An Assessment of the Rationales for Partisanship Don't Shoot the Messenger - Christopher Pole A Study in the Politics and Control of Funded Research PART THREE: SENSITIVE AND STRESSFUL SITUATIONS Sensitivity as a Problem in Field Research - John D Brewer A Study of Routine Policing in Northern Ireland Reflections on Fieldwork in Stressful Situations - Sue Cannon Fieldworker Blues - L Corsino Emotional Stress and Research Underinvolvement in Fieldwork Settings Putting Down Smoke - John Hockey Emotion and Engagement in Participant Observation Negotiating Power and Expertise in the Field - Lynne Haney On Being Sane in Insane Places - D Rosenhan Problems in Publication of Field Studies - Howard S Becker PART FOUR: DILEMMAS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Ethical Dilemmas - Marlene de Laine The Demands and Expectations of Various Audiences Some Ethical Considerations on Fieldwork with the Police - Clive Norris Blowing the Whistle on Police Violence - Louise Westmarland Gender, Ethnography and Ethics The Merits and De-Merits of Covert Participant Observation - M Bulmer Secrecy, Risk and Responsibility - R Mitchell Jr Getting Close by Standing Distant - D Gordon Fieldwork with Proselytising Groups
VOLUME FOUR: FIELDWORK: ANALYSIS, OUTCOMES AND REFLECTIONS PART ONE: ANALYZING FIELDWORK Strategies for Analyzing - L Schatzman and A Strauss Grounded Theory Methodology - A Strauss and J Corbin An Overview Grounded Theory and Field Research - Derek Layder Focusing the Study and Analyzing the Data - Willian Foote Whyte Meanings and Metaphors - Amanda Coffey and Paul Atkinson PART TWO: FIELDWORK AND THE AUTHOR Reinstating the Author - Clive Seale Whose Life Is It Anyway? - Clifford Geertz Being There - Clifford Geertz On Ethnographic Authority - James Clifford PART THREE: REPRESENTING FIELDWORK Ethnography and the Representation of Reality - Paul Atkinson Ethnography as Narrative - Edward Bruner The Rhetorical Turn in Ethnography - Martyn Hammersley Administering Poison - Jack Sanger Reporting Observations PART FOUR: AUTOETHNOGRAPHY AND WRITING AS METHOD Autoethnography, Personal Narrative Reflexivity - Carolyn Ellis and Arthur Bochner Writing a Method of Inquiry - Laurel Richardson PART FIVE: LEAVING THE FIELD Leaving the Dim-Moon City of Delight - Sara Delamont Terminating Your Fieldwork Keeping in Touch - Brian Miller and Laud Humphreys Maintaining Contact with Stigmatized Subjects
9781412900300
Social sciences--Research. Social sciences--Methodology.