′This is an excellent collection of papers which celebrates the best of traditional approaches to fieldwork, whilst also looking to its future. The Handbook will quickly become essential reading for the novice and experienced fieldworker across many of the social sciences′ - Chris Pole, University of Leicester
Fieldwork is widely practiced but little written about, yet accounts of the exotic, mundane, complex and often dangerous are central to not only sociology and anthropology but also geography, social psychology and criminology. In all these - increasingly overlapping - fields, experience underlies any comprehensive understanding of social life.
The SAGE Handbook of Fieldwork presents the first major overview of this method in all its variety, introducing the reader to the strengths, weaknesses, and ′real world′ applications of fieldwork techniques. Its 22 carefully chosen chapters are each based on a substantive field of empirical enquiry, written by an acknowledged expert in the field. The range is impressive: from the traditional to the virtual, concerning subjects as diverse as emotion, sexuality, sport, embodiment, identity, self-narrative, fieldwork in organizations, science and technology.
Specifically intended for use in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in qualitative research design and methodology in sociology, anthropology, criminology, urban studies, social geography, public health and education, the handbook will also prove beneficial to academic researchers in these and other disciplines.
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Presents the major overview of the Fieldwork method in all its variety, introducing the reader to the strengths, weaknesses, and 'real world' applications of fieldwork techniques. This book contains 22 chosen chapters, which are each based on a field of empirical enquiry, written by an acknowledged expert in the field.
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PART ONE: LOCATING FIELDWORK
The Fieldwork Tradition - George J McCall
Praxical Reasoning and the Logic of Field Research - Gary Shank
PART TWO: SITUATING FIELDWORK
Jelly′s Place - Elijah Anderson
An Ethnographic Memoir
Your Place or Mine - Michael Stein
The Geography of Social Research
PART THREE: SITUATING THE RESPONDENTS
Fieldwork with the Elite - Mary Dodge and Gilbert Geis
Interviewing White-Collar Criminals
Entering the Field - C H Browner and H Mabel Preloran
Recruiting Latinos for Ethnographic Research
PART FOUR: FIELDWORK AS A REFLEXIVE ENTERPRISE
Self-Narratives and Ethnographic Fieldwork - Ben Crewe and Shadd Maruna
`You Don′t Do Fieldwork, Fieldwork Does You′ - Bob Simpson
Between Subjectivation and Objectivation in Anthropological Fieldwork
PART FIVE: THE FIELD OF EMOTION
Aural Sex - Christine Mattley
The Politics and Moral Dilemmas of Studying the Social Construction of Fantasy
The Case for Dangerous Fieldwork - Bruce Jacobs
PART FIVE: FIELDWORK AND SEXUALITIES
Fieldwork on Urban Male Homosexuality in Mexico - Joseph Carrier
Knowing Sexuality - Chris Haywood and Mairtin Mac an Ghaill
Epistemologies of Research
Researching Sex Work - Teela Sanders
Dynamics, Difficulties and Decisions
PART SEVEN: EMBODIMENT AND IDENTITY
Fieldwork and the Body - Lee F Monaghan
Reflections on an Embodied Ethnography
Sport Ethnography - Susan Brownell
A Personal Account
Hidden Identities and Personal Stories - Jennifer Hargreaves
International Research About Women in Sport
PART EIGHT: FIELDWORK IN ORGANIZATIONS
Policework and Fieldwork - Nigel Fielding
An Ethnographer′s Tale - Robert G Burgess
A Personal View of Educational Ethnogrpahy
PART NINE: FIELDWORK, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Software and Fieldwork - Susanne Friese
Seeking Science in the Field - Steve Fuller
Life Beyond the Laboratory
PART TEN: LOCATING FRESH FIELDS
Postmodern Fieldwork in Health Research - Nick J Fox
Fieldwork in Transition - Peter Kirby Manning
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`While aimed at students and new researchers, even an experienced fieldworker can find inspiration in this volume.′ - The Journal of the Royal Anthropoogical Institute
′...Peter Manning′s important contribution locates the transitions that have occurred in ethnography at the turn of the 21st century, juxtaposed against studies of organized crime. Nick Fox creatively situates postmodern fieldwork within the context of medical sociology.′ - Qualitative Research Journal
′The book will be particularly valuable for students or those approaching fieldwork for the first time. It provides a useful overview of current issues and debates for those familiar with fieldwork methods.′ - Field Methods Journal
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780761974451
Publisert
2006-01-05
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications Inc
Vekt
1000 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
416