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Experiencing Fieldwork
An Inside View of Qualitative Research

Edited by:

William Shaffir - McMaster University, Canada
Robert A. Stebbins - University of Calgary, Canada

Volume: 124

Series:
SAGE Focus Editions

Other Titles in:
Ethnography | Qualitative Research (General) | Sociological Research Methods

February 1991 | 288 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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.

Introduction

PART ONE: GETTING IN

John Van Maanen

Playing Back the Tape

Early Days in the Field

Robert G Burgess

Sponsors, Gatekeepers, Members and Friends

Access in Educational Settings

Joan Neff Gurney

Female Researchers in Male-Dominated Settings

Implications for Short-Term Versus Long-Term Research

James T Richardson

Experiencing Research on New Religions and Cults

Practical and Ethical Considerations

William Shaffir

Managing a Convincing Self-Presentation

Some Personal Reflections on Entering the Field

PART TWO: LEARNING THE ROPES

David M Fetterman

A Walk Through the Wilderness

Learning to Find Your Way

Richard G Mitchell Jr

Secrecy and Disclosure in Fieldwork

Christine Griffin

The Researcher Talks Back

Dealing With Power Relations in Studies of Young People's Entry to the Job Market

Robert Prus

Encountering the Marketplace

Achieving Intimate Familiarity with Vendor Activity

Jaber F Gubrium

Recognizing and Analyzing Local Cultures

PART THREE: MAINTAINING RELATIONS

Peter McLaren

Field Relations and the Discourse of the Other

Collaboration in Our Own Ruin

A Donald Evans

Maintaining Relationships in a School for the Deaf

Patricia A Adler and Peter Adler

Stability and Flexibility

Maintaining Relations Within Organized and Unorganized Groups

Sherryl Kleinman

Fieldworkers' Feelings

What We Feel, Who We Are, How We Analyze

Ramona M Asher and Gary Alan Fine

Fragile Ties

Shaping Research Relationships with Women Married to Alcoholics

PART FOUR: LEAVING AND KEEPING IN TOUCH

Daniel Wolff

High Risk Methodology

Reflections on Leaving an Outlaw Society

Charles P Gallmeier

Leaving, Revisiting, and Staying in Touch

Neglected Issues in Field Research

Ilene M Kaplan

Gone Fishing, Be Back Later

Ending and Resuming Research Among Fishermen

Steven J Taylor

Leaving the Field

Research, Relationships, and Responsibilities

Robert A Stebbins

Do We Ever Leave the Field? Notes on Secondary Fieldwork Involvements

A great book for anyone who is thinking to do qualitative research, in particular methods of ethnography and interviews. A book is published in 1991 thus some sections might be not so accurate in a current context

Ms Irena Loveikaite

Department of Applied Arts, Waterford Institute of Technology

November 25, 2016

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An insightful collection of essays; ideal for anxious undergraduates.

Miss Christine Hatcher

Health, Care and Early Years, Yeovil College

October 27, 2014

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