An Autopsy of Ethnographic Fieldwork

This edited volume presents an international collection of fieldwork experiences from every stage of the research process with a view to normalising the process of adaptation, modification, and even failure during the fieldwork process when circumstances interrupt the expected outcomes.

Autorentext

Louis Augustin-Jean is Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Public Administration and Development Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Inhalt

1: An Introspective Look into Qualitative Research Experiences 2: To be there for what? Reflections on fieldwork in post-Katrina New Orleans 3: Mistaken assumptions, minority approach's gatekeepers and unexpected developments: reflections on a fieldwork about Japanese sake 4: Mosaic ethnography: Blended lives between online and offline China 5: An Expanding Fieldwork or When a Small Idea Becomes Larger than Anticipated: Studying Chinese New Year Red Packets 6: From localized to globalized markets: change in doing fieldwork in a port city 7: A Case Study of families living "in between" Mexico and the US: discussing epistemologies and methodologies from a transnational perspective. 8: The politics of communicating with the Indigenous people in Sarawak 9: How? - Participatory action research with a low-income community 10. Alone, in Pairs, as a Team: Reflections on a Mixed-Methods Approach to the Gender of Capital 11. Fieldwork Perspectives: from Autopsy to Biopsy