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Markham, Annette N. "Fieldwork in Social Media." Qualitative Communication Research 2, no. 4 (2013): 434–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/qcr.2013.2.4.434.

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Although fieldwork is the foundation of robust ethnographic inquiry in physical settings, the practical methods have never fit comfortably in digital contexts. For many researchers, the activities of fieldwork must be so radically adjusted, they hardly resemble fieldwork anymore. How does one conduct “participant observation” of Twitter? When identities and cultural formations are located in or made of information flows through global networks, where are the boundaries of “the field”? In such global networks, what strategies do we use to get close to people? What might count as an interview? This essay discusses the persistent challenges of transferring fieldwork methods intended for physically situated contexts to digitally-mediated social contexts. I offer provocations for considering the premises rather than the procedures of fieldwork. These may not be seen on the surface level of method but operate at a level below method, or in everyday inquiry practices. I suggest that a practice of reflexive methodological analysis allows for more resonant and adaptive fieldwork suitable for studying 21st century networked communication practices and cultural formations.

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Vannini, Phillip. "Social Semiotics and Fieldwork." Qualitative Inquiry 13, no. 1 (January 2007): 113–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077800406295625.

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Syafar, Muhammad. "Fieldwork Notes." Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture 4, no. 1 (June 25, 2017): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.32678/kawalu.v4i1.831.

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Gosovic, Anna Kirkebæk Johansson. "Social identities in the field: how fluctuating fieldworker identities shape our research." Journal of Organizational Ethnography 7, no. 2 (July 9, 2018): 186–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joe-12-2017-0069.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to developing the understanding and practice of fieldwork in familiar settings by expanding the literature on fieldworker identities. Design/methodology/approach Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a multinational biopharmaceutical corporation, and drawing on anthropological theory of social identities, the paper demonstrates the multiple and fluid identities that we as organizational ethnographers purposefully take on, accidentally acquire, unintentionally are ascribed with and experience during ethnographic fieldwork in familiar settings. Findings Building on these insights, and by expanding the literature on researcher identities, the paper develops a critique of the spatial and temporal notions often attached to fieldwork in familiar settings by demonstrating how outsider identities are ascribed even “at home” and how insider identities can be experienced when away. It further reflects on the ways in which these identities shape the data generation and interpretation process. Originality/value This paper argues that to properly grasp the multiple identity processes involved in a fieldwork, we must escape the spatial and temporal conceptualization of being either an insider or an outsider. Instead, the paper argues for a relational and situational perspective on being an insider and an outsider in the field and proposes to conceptualize “insider” and “outsider” as ascribed, changing and sometimes volatile social identities.

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Fleisher, Mark S. "Fieldwork Research and Social Network Analysis." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 21, no. 2 (May 2005): 120–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043986204273436.

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Sormanti, Mary. "Fieldwork Instruction in Oncology Social Work." Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 12, no. 3 (October 31, 1994): 73–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j077v12n03_05.

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Panades-Estruch, Laura. "Note-taking and Notability: How to Succeed at Legal Doctoral Fieldwork." Croatian International Relations Review 24, no. 83 (October 1, 2018): 104–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cirr-2018-0016.

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Abstract Fieldwork is the bridge between academia and practice. Often, this bridge is not crossed due to lack of guidance, time and practical experience. Academics are left on their own to guess what would work best. In facilitating this, this article assesses the methods used in a case study of doctoral fieldwork at the European Parliament within the civil service. Findings include identifying optimum methods to plan, develop and execute doctoral fieldwork. This research is structured in four parts, which covers a literature review on fieldwork in the social sciences, the case study, the methodologies used, and a problem-solving section giving tips to succeed at fieldwork. Findings include a selection of methodologies which include participant observation and note-taking. These methodologies assist in improving skills such as time management, working under high pressure and delivering quality reports with attention to detail, which are fundamental for a successful academic career. The experience covered in this article will assist academics in designing their fieldworks at all levels of their careers. The methods described are transferrable to fieldworks across legal, political and policy-making institutions.

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McCloud, Jennifer Sink. "Troubling Fieldwork: When Critical Events/Incidents in Classroom Fieldwork Provoke." Qualitative Inquiry 25, no. 2 (August 13, 2018): 130–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077800418792947.

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In this autoethnography, I reflect on troubling fieldwork dilemmas I experienced while conducting qualitative research in a high school English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom. Here, I trouble—interrogate and raise questions about—two events involving JanCarlos, a student from Honduras. Using dialogue and reflexive internal dialogue, I present how the events were critical for him in that they altered the trajectory of his school experience and represented “critical incidents” in my research as they provoked emotional responses, interrupted my objective stance, and altered my interpretations. As I watched events unfold, I routinely asked the relational ethical question—“What should I do now?” In so doing, I critically reflect on fieldwork dilemmas and make transparent my position/power in creating knowledge.

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TURNER, C. L. "Doing Fieldwork in Japan." Social Science Japan Journal 10, no. 1 (March 29, 2007): 137–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jym003.

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Schneidermann, Nanna. "Distance/Relation: Doing Fieldwork with Social Media." Forum for Development Studies 45, no. 2 (February 10, 2017): 287–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2017.1284153.

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Zweig, David, Anne F. Thurston, and Burton Pasternak. "The Social Sciences and Fieldwork in China." Pacific Affairs 58, no. 4 (1985): 677. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2758478.

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Shepherd, John, and Beverley Diamond. "Theory and Fieldwork." Canadian University Music Review 19, no. 1 (March 8, 2013): 4–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1014602ar.

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Abstracts John Shepherd This intervention suggests that the recent and welcome emergence of fieldwork as a prominent feature of much current work in popular music studies has deflected attention from an undertaking that characterized the early days of popular music studies: that of developing from within the various protocols of cultural theory concepts to explain the meanings, significances, and affects that music as a socially and culturally constituted form of human expression holds for people. In tracing a shift from theoretical to ethnographic concerns in work carried out in popular music studies by musicologists, ethnomusicologists, social anthropologists, and sociologists, it is suggested that a renewed emphasis on theory in musicological work in popular music studies may be of consequence for the academic study of music as a whole. Beverley Diamond In response to the editor's question concerning theory and fieldwork, this colloquy argues that the two are inseparable. Further, the importance of fieldwork in providing "alternative theory" which challenges the consistencies of academic thinking is emphasized. For this reason, the article eschews disciplinary history as a means of tracing important theoretical currents in music scholarship and, instead, presents arguments which confront the hegemonies of any history, any discourse of intellectual continuity, positing incidents which expose the social contingencies of theory.

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Smith, Anne-Marie. "Old Fieldwork, New Ethnography." Qualitative Inquiry 20, no. 5 (February 7, 2014): 699–708. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077800413513729.

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Dawson, Susan E. "Fieldwork Among the Navajo:." Journal of Multicultural Social Work 3, no. 1 (January 1994): 101–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j285v03n01_09.

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Rai, Gauri S. "International Fieldwork Experience." International Social Work 47, no. 2 (April 2004): 213–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872804034138.

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Twenty-five US schools provided international field experience either in agencies dealing with international problems or in foreign countries. There appear to be two primary patterns for making overseas placements. One is through the initiative of a faculty member and the other is through the learning centers in different countries. Students chose field experiences in foreign countries because they were enthusiastic about it. Also, some of them had family, friends or relatives in those countries. The largest deterrent to overseas placements is financial difficulty.

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Weston, Gavin Michael, Dominique Santos, William Tantam, and Kieran Fenby-Hulse. "The Fieldwork Playlist – Editorial." Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society 43, no. 2 (February 6, 2019): 53–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.30676/jfas.v43i2.77734.

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This Fieldwork Playlist emerges from a conference of the same name at Goldsmiths back in 2013. The idea was a simple one: “For our fieldwork playlist, each contributor will pick one song and recount the story of how that song came to hold significance in relation to their research encounters and experience” (Fieldwork Playlist Call For Papers 2013). Each of the papers here explores the evocative nature of music in relation to the experience of social science fieldwork. Each author has selected a song as a starting point to consider their experience in the field. Music is woven into the fabric of the social world of the field, our location in it, our collection and interpretation of data and the writing up process. This edited collection brings together diverse experiences and reflections through the evocative medium of particular songs.

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Gray, Mel, Kylie Agllias, Rodreck Mupedziswa, and Jacob Mugumbate. "The expansion of developmental social work in Southern and East Africa: Opportunities and challenges for social work field programmes." International Social Work 61, no. 6 (March 7, 2017): 974–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872817695399.

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This article reports on a study that examined how fieldwork education in Southern and East Africa was responding to the developmental social work agenda. The study used semi-structured qualitative interviews with key informants from 15 social work programmes in 11 different Southern and East African countries. It investigated whether the social work fieldwork placements on offer provided practical experience of a developmental approach to social work practice. The study showed the creativity and enthusiasm with which social work educators were embracing the goals of developmental social work education, despite the pitfalls and limitations of doing this within fieldwork resource constraints.

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MAEKAWA, Muneo. "A Tentative Study on Fieldwork for Social Studies." New Geography 40, no. 2 (1992): 59–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.5996/newgeo.40.2_59.

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Vandenplas, Caroline, Geert Loosveldt, and Koen Beullens. "Fieldwork Monitoring for the European Social Survey: An illustration with Belgium and the Czech Republic in Round 7." Journal of Official Statistics 33, no. 3 (September 1, 2017): 659–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jos-2017-0031.

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Abstract Adaptive and responsive survey designs rely on monitoring indicators based on paradata. This process can better inform fieldwork management if the indicators are paired with a benchmark, which relies on empirical information collected in the first phase of the fieldwork or, for repeated or longitudinal surveys, in previous rounds or waves. We propose the “fieldwork power” (fieldwork production per time unit) as an indicator for monitoring, and we simulate this for the European Social Survey (ESS) Round 7 in Belgium and in the Czech Republic. We operationalize the fieldwork power as the weekly number of completed interviews and of contacts, the ratio of the number of completed interviews to the number of contact attempts and to the number of refusals. We use a repeated measurement multilevel model, with surveys in the previous rounds of the European Social Survey as the macro level and the weekly fieldwork power as repeated measurements to create benchmarks. We also monitor effort and data quality metrics. The results show how problems in the fieldwork evolution can be detected by monitoring the fieldwork power and by comparing it with the benchmarks. The analysis also proves helpful regarding post-survey fieldwork evaluation, and links effort, productivity, and data quality.

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Trigger, David, Martin Forsey, and Carla Meurk. "Revelatory moments in fieldwork." Qualitative Research 12, no. 5 (October 2012): 513–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468794112446049.

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This essay prefaces a collection on revelatory moments of fieldwork engagement. Drawing upon brief vignettes from our own research experiences, we argue for the methodological significance of memorable events encountered in ethnographic studies. In addressing this relational production of knowledge, we are particularly interested in the role of emotion, discomfort and surprise in ‘fieldwork’ as understood in anthropology. The case materials illustrate moments of experience drawn from three studies conducted in different decades between 1980 and 2011, thereby marking important shifts in the methods and aims of the discipline, conceptions of where fieldwork is appropriately done, and the role of self-knowledge on the part of the researcher. We make the case for the value of revelatory moments and the epistemological approach that enables their apprehension.

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Van Wolputte, Steven Thomas. "Indaba—Fieldwork, Jive and Phenomenology." Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society 43, no. 2 (February 6, 2019): 80–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.30676/jfas.v43i2.77504.

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When on my first fieldwork trip in north-western Namibia, the music by the Soul Brothers (a South African jive band) confronted me with my own naivety and estrangement. But it also introduced me to phenomenology, and continues to warn against an all too intellectualist understanding of social and cultural realities

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Lance, James. "What the Stranger Brings: The Social Dynamics of Fieldwork." History in Africa 17 (January 1990): 335–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3171822.

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A major feature of research in African history is the reliance of African historians on oral statements for much of their evidence. Vansina's pathbreaking explorations of African oral traditions and testimonies established criteria for the collection of oral evidence and ushered in the contemporary era of scholarship in African history. Although the publication ofOral Traditionsanctioned the use of oral data, it also prompted considerable reflection about the nature, strengths, and weaknesses of oral evidence. For the most part this scholarly examination of African oral traditions and testimonies has focused on their value as sources. What has not been fully addressed are the social and cultural dynamics of the research process itself: how the interaction between a foreign fieldworker and an indigenous informant involves not only the production of knowledge but the management of asymmetrical power relationships as well. Rarely do researcher and informant interact as equal partners. During the process of fieldwork, sometimes the researcher is favored, sometimes the informant. This brief paper is a reflection on the ways the attitudes of an African people about knowledge, power, and outsiders influence the kind of oral evidence the researcher collects.For much of the past two years I resided in a village in northern Ghana where I was conducting fieldwork among the Mamprusi people. I was seeking information which would embellish and provide an indigenous texture to the archival sources I had collected earlier as part of my efforts to reconstruct the social history of Mampurugu during the colonial period. It soon became apparent, however, that my quest for an indigenous expression of, and perspective on, historical process was mired in a complex host of conflicts and assumptions. As a white stranger in the Mamprusis' midst asking as many questions as I could about the Mamprusi past, I received answers which reflected not only the degree to which I had successfully or unsuccessfully established cordial and trusting relationships with my Mamprusi informants, but also Mamprusi attitudes about historical knowledge and their anxieties in regard to possible consequences if such knowledge were revealed to non-Mamprusi.

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Amsalu, Desalegn. "Understanding Social Roles in a Continuum: An Experience From Two Cultural Groups in Ethiopia." SAGE Open 9, no. 4 (July 2019): 215824401989881. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244019898812.

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Based on an ethnographic fieldwork experience among two culturally different ethnic groups in Ethiopia, this article proposes an understanding of social roles in the field in a continuum. The two groups are known as Gumuz and Agaw. In my fieldwork with the Gumuz, I was an “outsider” and the Gumuz social boundary did not allow me to socialize unless through a certain institution known as mijim. In my fieldwork with the Agaw, I was an insider because I was born and grew up among this community. The Agaw social boundary was so open and, contrary to the Gumuz, I had to resist social roles. I propose that arguments that are advocated by scholars on extreme sides of taking or refusing social roles based on perceived advantages or disadvantages are untenable. Social roles are complex because social and cultural contexts do vary and are also complex. I argue that blanket suggestions of either acceptance or refusal of social roles cannot yield successful fieldwork. A social role is a continuum and fieldworkers fall on the line the fieldwork contexts require, and the use of them depends on personal skills of a researcher.

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Lecocq, Baz. "Fieldwork Ain't Always Fun: Public and Hidden Discourses on Fieldwork." History in Africa 29 (2002): 273–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3172164.

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Before I start, I would like to stress that the following is in no way meant as a complaint. Neither would I like you to think that I am disgusted by fieldwork in general, and fieldwork in Mali in particular. The point that I want to get across is that the personal emotional experience and state of mind during fieldwork have an impact on the way fieldworkers, in being their own instruments, practice their research. We would like to believe that this emotional state is one of euphoria, but in reality it includes negative experiences and feelings. These feelings should be accounted for—not just personally, but also professionally.There exists a dichotomy between open and hidden discourse about experiences in the field among social scientists practising fieldwork. This dichotomy is as old as fieldwork itself and gained some acknowledgment of existence after the publication of Malinowski's Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term (Malinowski 1967). This dichotomy consists of a representation of fieldwork experiences towards colleagues and the larger audience as ideal, unproblematic, and among the best experiences a person can have in life. It is almost like a holiday. It is only in an informal setting, usually the pub, that some dare to speak of the danger, nuisance, despair, and general inconvenience of it all. Even talking about severe illness or other dangers is often done with the self assured attitude of someone capable of facing Armageddon and getting out alive. Apparently, Indiana Jones does exist.

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Kotzé, E. F. "Social stratification of some Zulu phonemes—a fieldwork report." South African Journal of African Languages 17, no. 1 (January 1997): 5–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02572117.1997.10587155.

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Pieke, Frank N. "Social Science Fieldwork in the Prc: a Short Bibliography." China Information 2, no. 1 (June 1987): 52–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0920203x8700200108.

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Endo, Yasuko. "Fieldwork in dance : concerning the social utility of research." Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences) 45, no. 3 (2000): 443–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.5432/jjpehss.kj00003397618.

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Nygaard-Christensen, Maj, Angie Bexley, and Hannah Loney. "Fieldwork in Timor-Leste: Understanding Social Change through Practice." Contemporary Southeast Asia 39, no. 3 (December 30, 2017): 590–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1355/cs39-3n.

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Gelman, Sheldon R. "The Crafting of Fieldwork Training Agreements." Journal of Social Work Education 26, no. 1 (January 1990): 65–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10437797.1990.10672135.

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Vokes, Richard, and Gertrude Atukunda. "Fieldwork through the Zoomiverse." Anthropology in Action 28, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 73–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/aia.2021.280114.

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We have been conducting collaborative ethnographic research together for over 20 years. Over the past 12 months, this collaboration has included face-to-face encounters, both in Kampala, Uganda, and in Perth, Australia. However, since the advent of COVID-19-related ‘lockdowns’ in our respective countries, our engagements have been conducted exclusively over online platforms, including WhatsApp, Facebook and – increasingly – Zoom. In this article, we reflect upon our shared experience of conducting ethnography through this platform as a tool for understanding the effects of the pandemic in Uganda. We argue that, despite all kinds of material constraints (at both ends), Zoom has much to off er the ethnographer particularly because it can generate an intimate understanding of experience and time. However, against this advantage, some aspects of social life remain beyond the range of its channels, for which an assemblage of additional methods are required. We finish by reflecting upon what these methods have contributed to our long-term study of emergent cultures of mobility in Uganda – a study which is now being conducted in an ostensible context of immobility.

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Franco, Paolo, and Ye (Nicole) Yang. "Exiting fieldwork “with grace”: reflections on the unintended consequences of participant observation and researcher-participant relationships." Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal 24, no. 3 (March 1, 2021): 358–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qmr-07-2020-0094.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the methodological importance of how researchers exit fieldwork to draw attention to implications for participant and researcher well-being. Design/methodology/approach Reflecting in detail on one researcher’s final six-months exiting fieldwork at a retirement village, this paper critically examines the unintended consequences of participant observation and researcher-participant relationships. Findings The paper illustrates that difficulties to exit fieldwork can be unintended consequences of participant observation activities and developing researcher-participant relationships. The findings also discuss how fieldwork exit can impose upon participant and researcher well-being. Research limitations/implications The findings are built upon fieldwork at a retirement village where the researcher served as a volunteer. Thus, the discussion focusses on participant observation activities that are likely to lead to close researcher-participant relationships. However, this paper aims to serve as a useful resource for researchers when considering how to exit their unique fieldwork contexts “with grace”. Practical implications The paper provides practical suggestions to help marketing researchers such as ethnographers, manage fieldwork exits with participant and researcher well-being concerns in mind. Social implications The practical suggestions provided by this paper aim to enable marketing researchers to exit fieldwork contexts “with grace” through reflection and proactive management of the social impacts of their research activities. Originality/value Even though researchers acknowledge fieldwork is social and personal by nature, little research attention has been paid to the management of researcher-participant relationships and the exit stage of fieldwork. This paper discusses and addresses this blind-spot in marketing research.

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Herrera, Chris. "Research Ethics and the "Fieldwork Monitoring Committee"." IRB: Ethics and Human Research 22, no. 6 (November 2000): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3563587.

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Herrera, Chris. "Integrating Research Ethics and Undercover Hospital Fieldwork." IRB: Ethics and Human Research 22, no. 1 (January 2000): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3564194.

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Wakeman, Stephen. "Fieldwork, Biography and Emotion." British Journal of Criminology 54, no. 5 (June 4, 2014): 705–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azu039.

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Strauss, Annika. "Experiments with image theatre: accessing and giving meaning to sensory experiences in Social Anthropology." Learning and Teaching 10, no. 2 (June 1, 2017): 1–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2017.100203.

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This article puts forward an experiential teaching method for becoming aware of, getting access to, and giving meaning to the sensory experiences that constitute and shape learning processes during social anthropological fieldwork. While social anthropologists use all their senses in the field, the preparation and processing of fieldwork are limited to certain senses. In accordance with the academic habitus, it is common to discuss theoretical texts pre-fieldwork and almost exclusively rely on making meaning of written fieldwork material afterwards. While cognitively produced textual sources and techniques of verbalisation (e.g. presentations) are extensively focused on, the body, emotional and sensory experiences are often overlooked in academic discourse and practices. The proposed experiential method integrates the dimensions of sensory experiences in classes, colloquiums and workshops, and brings into practice a teaching approach that includes the analysis of embodied knowledge and stresses its importance as an ethnographic source.

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Côté, Isabelle. "Fieldwork in the Era of Social Media: Opportunities and Challenges." PS: Political Science & Politics 46, no. 03 (June 21, 2013): 615–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049096513000565.

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AbstractSocial networking sites have recently garnered academic attention for their role in fostering democracy and openness in both developed and developing regions. Unfortunately, in political science, this newfound interest has not yet translated into a greater interest in social media as a methodological tool for researchers conducting fieldwork. How has the era of social media influenced the way political scientists conduct their fieldwork? How can researchers make the most of the opportunities offered by social networking sites while abiding by the strict standards of their ethics board? This article highlights the potential in social networking sites for recruiting participants and gathering data and looks at the impact sites such as Facebook have had on building and maintaining trust with research participants. In contrast, it explores how social media may compromise one's ability to uphold the “do no harm” principle guiding all academic research by jeopardizing participants' confidentiality and anonymity, a risk deemed especially high for vulnerable populations or sensitive regions. Insight gleaned from the researcher's own fieldwork in two minority provinces of Indonesia in 2010–2011 is used as a case in point.

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Krause-Jensen, Jakob. "Trimming the social body." Journal of Organizational Ethnography 6, no. 2 (July 10, 2017): 68–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joe-01-2017-0005.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse through ethnographic fieldwork the social and cultural context and (unintended) consequences of introducing a management concept from the private sector (LEAN) into the public sector. Design/methodology/approach Ethnographic fieldwork combined with reading of reports and material. Findings The major findings are: first, Lean is seen in a cultural context, it is argued that the persuasiveness of Lean depends on building a metaphorical connection between organizational aims and individual experiences and bodily ideals; second, Lean purports to be a win-win game and road to eliminating “waste” through worker participation, empowerment and enthusiasm. The research points to the contrary. Lean was met with scepticism and was seen by the social workers as a waste of time. Originality/value As demonstrated in the paper, the vast majority of research published about Lean is hortatory in nature. It is recipe books trying to convince readers of the benefits of introducing Lean. This paper, on the contrary, attempts an open ethnographic exploration of the Lean process and its social and cultural ramifications.

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Schultheis, Franz, Patricia Holder, and Constantin Wagner. "In Algeria: Pierre Bourdieu's Photographic Fieldwork." Sociological Review 57, no. 3 (August 2009): 448–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954x.2009.01849.x.

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Today Pierre Bourdieu is well known as one of the most important social scientists of the 20th century. One of the outstanding qualities of his work has been his innovative combination of different methods and research strategies as well as his analytical skills in interpreting the obtained data (his ‘sociological gaze’). In this paper, we attempt to retrace the development of an extraordinary way of doing social research and show the benefit of Bourdieu's visual sociology for his empirical fieldwork and sociological theory. The article particularly stresses the significance of his photographic archive, which has long been ignored within the appreciation of Bourdieu's work. Studying Bourdieu's photography gives access to his æuvre in several new ways: not only can we understand how Bourdieu became an unconventional sociologist practicing his craft in the midst of a colonial war. Bourdieu's visual anthropology also offers an insight into the status nascendi of Bourdieu's sociology in all its elementary forms and contents. Through his photography Boudieu demonstrated the concepts of ‘ habitat and habitus’, the material and symbolic living conditions of the Algerian population.

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Fisher, Gareth. "Fieldwork on East Asian Buddhism." Fieldwork in Religion 5, no. 2 (July 14, 2011): 236–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/firn.v5i2.236.

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Recent interest in the contemporary practice of Buddhism in East Asia has led scholars of religion to undertake firsthand fieldwork among religious professionals and lay practitioners. Using three recent studies as examples, this paper argues that scholars of religion and Buddhism sometimes fail to maximize the potential of ethnographic fieldwork due to their focus on updating genealogies of Buddhist institutions. Drawing from a field-based study of lay Buddhists in contemporary Beijing, this paper advocates a “person-centered approach” that examines lay practitioners less as participants within a connected, institutionally-recognized narrative of Buddhism’s evolution in China and more as persons who use the social space of temples to find their place within a rapidly changing world, often in very different ways

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Abd-Rahim, Atiqah. "Online Fandom: Social Identity and Social Hierarchy of Hallyu Fans." Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography 9, no. 1 (March 12, 2019): 65–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.15273/jue.v9i1.8885.

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Hallyu fans are people who are dedicated to popular culture in South Korea, including music, drama and film. This study focuses on fans of Korean pop music, which is known as K-pop. Developments in digital communication technology have given rise to media such as forums, websites, video channels, and fan sites that are consumed by K-pop fans. Fans participate in multiple fandoms because these websites are easily accessed by public audiences. However, problems arise when fans start to compete, using their knowledge to help validate their existence and to help the perception of authentic identities within fan communities. This paper is based on virtual ethnographic fieldwork that identified fans’ constructions of their own identities and the building of a social hierarchy through various online practices. The research findings are based on four months of fieldwork with two online Hallyu fandoms; ELF (Ever Lasting Friends) and A.R.M.Y (Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth). The findings reveal that conflicts exist in certain fandoms which aid in defining fan identities and, at the same time, fans undertake positive socialising actions which contribute to the fandom itself. Interactions between fandoms also need to be recognised, since online fandoms can be seen as borderless.

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Challis, David, and Ewan Ferlie. "The Myth of Generic Practice: Specialisation in Social Work." Journal of Social Policy 17, no. 1 (January 1988): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279400016421.

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ABSTRACTThere has been continuing debate ever since the reorganisation of social services following the Seebohm Report as to the most appropriate mode of organising field social work. At different times various models have been proposed with more or less enthusiasm, some of which expect fieldwork caseloads to be of a generic kind and others which demand a greater degree of specialisation. This paper examines the extent of specialisation in social work based on a national survey of fieldwork organisation and considers some reasons why this trend to specialisation is evident, even in authorities with a strong commitment to community-based modes of provision.

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Streule, M. J., and L. E. Craig. "Social Learning Theories—An Important Design Consideration for Geoscience Fieldwork." Journal of Geoscience Education 64, no. 2 (May 2016): 101–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.5408/15-119.1.

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Exley, Sonia. "Social administration revisited: Traditions of observational fieldwork and their value." Social Policy & Administration 53, no. 1 (May 27, 2018): 49–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12411.

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Zeira, Anat, and Miriam Schiff. "Testing Group Supervision in Fieldwork Training for Social Work Students." Research on Social Work Practice 20, no. 4 (March 29, 2009): 427–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731509332882.

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Browne, Jan. "The Sage Handbook of Fieldwork [Book Review]." Qualitative Research Journal 7, no. 1 (2007): [59]—61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3316/qrj0701059.

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Collins, Stewart. "Working agreements in fieldwork placements—An evaluation." Social Work Education 4, no. 2 (June 1985): 15–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615478511220041.

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Bruun, Maja Hojer, Signe Hanghøj, and Cathrine Hasse. "Studying Social Robots in Practiced Places." Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 19, no. 2 (2015): 143–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/techne20159833.

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What is the strength of anthropological fieldwork when we want to understand human technologies? In this article we argue that anthropological fieldwork can be understood as a process of gaining insight into different contextualisations in practiced places that will open up new understandings of technologies in use, e.g., technologies as multistable ontologies. The argument builds on an empirical study of robots at a Danish rehabilitation centre. Ethnographic methods combined with anthropological learning processes open up new way for exploring how robots enter into professional practices and change values, social relations and materialities. Though substantial funding has been invested in developing health service robots, few studies have been undertaken that explore human-robot interactions as they play out in everyday practice. We argue that the complex learning processes involve not only so-called end-users but also staff, management, doings and discourse in a complex amalgamation of materials and values.

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Glăveanu, Vlad Petre. "Creating Creativity: Reflections from Fieldwork." Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science 45, no. 1 (December 15, 2010): 100–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12124-010-9147-2.

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Blaufuss, Kathrin. "De-linking text from fieldwork." Power and Narrative 17, no. 1 (October 30, 2007): 13–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ni.17.1.04bla.

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In the construction of an academic thesis, the lived and multi-voiced experiences of fieldwork have to be condensed and distilled into a single, coherent narrative thread. This article discusses the problematic and delicate situation of attempting to select (and thereby exclude) materials and stories, and of representing faithfully but through analytical lenses, while juggling the intricacies of the author’s own positionalities and multiple levels of interpretation. In its discussion, this article makes explicit the complications of translating and transposing lived encounters and experiences into text and the written word, and unpacks the inexorable exercise of power involved in this process.

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Riaz, Sakina. "A Situational Analysis Of Issues And Challenges Faced By Social Work Students During Their Field Placements In Karachi, Pakistan." Pakistan Journal of Applied Social Sciences 5, no. 1 (March 8, 2017): 45–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.46568/pjass.v5i1.305.

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Field work is viewed as the important pillar of Social Work profession. The aim of this study is to examine the issues and challenges faced by the Social Work Students during their Field Placement in different agency settings. This study articulates the teaching philosophy, conceptual framework, and fieldwork practices followed by Student of Social Work Department at Karachi University. Qualitative research design was employed in this study and purposive sampling strategy was used for data collection. The results of the study drawn that the main constraints stem from a lack of social work agency supervisors, lack of training for agency supervisors, the lack of a fieldwork curriculum and nonexistent or insufficient funding of fieldwork related activities.

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