Experiencing Fieldwork

Experiencing Fieldwork
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9780803936454
ISBN-13 : 0803936451
Rating : 4/5 (451 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Experiencing Fieldwork by : William Shaffir

Download or read book Experiencing Fieldwork written by William Shaffir and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1991 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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