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Fieldwork at Home: Assumptions, Anxieties and Fear
This contribution reflects on the experiences of a four month stint of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is a case of ‘fieldwork at home’, with serious concerns of...
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Constructive engagement, estrangement and contextualisation: Conducting field...
While conducting field research on Bin-Zib, a communal living experiment in South Korea, I faced a problem of positioning myself in the community. This was mainly because I realized my own...
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Researcher’s social capital: Liaising with local actors for effective...
As part of her doctoral research on farmer vulnerability to water scarcity and climate change, Chandni Singh spent 10 months doing her fieldwork in rural Rajasthan, India. In this post, she reflects on...
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Encountering Chinese officials: bureaucratism, politics and power struggle
Encountering officials is inevitable in many research projects in China. The encounter itself shows a snapshot of how local officialdom works. Being rejected by the officials, being unable to find the...
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Embedding research in local contexts: local knowledge, stakeholders’...
It is not always easy for researchers to explain how and why a research project is important to local people whose interests may be diverse or in conflict. Viewing fieldwork as a process of...
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The homecomer and the stranger: Reflections on positionality and the benefits...
Based on the experience of conducting field research in Kazakhstan, I reflect on the challenges of working in a cross-cultural insider-outsider differentiated team. My work with my colleague Eva Kipnis...
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Between ‘Wizards of Oz’, Madagascari Lemur and Megalomaniac Presidents: The...
When mentioning that my work involves dealing with several former USSR countries I often get questions on the kind of dangers my research entails. Whilst I do not see particular dangers in what I do, I...
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‘Renqing’ in conducting interviews with Chinese business people: Insights...
This contribution explores the complex impact of ‘Renqing’ (human feelings) on conducting elite interviews in China. Over 50 intensive semi-structured interviews relating to the procurement shifts by...
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Challenging hierarchical research relations and improving research...
This contribution discusses the use of member checking in Tot, Kenya and Engaruka, Tanzania as enriching practices for both the researched and the researcher. By utilising a series of pamphlets...
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Fieldwork at Home: Assumptions, Anxieties and Fear
This contribution reflects on the experiences of a four month stint of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is a case of ‘fieldwork at home’, with serious concerns of...
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Constructive engagement, estrangement and contextualisation: Conducting field...
While conducting field research on Bin-Zib, a communal living experiment in South Korea, I faced a problem of positioning myself in the community. This was mainly because I realized my own...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Researcher’s social capital: Liaising with local actors for effective...
As part of her doctoral research on farmer vulnerability to water scarcity and climate change, Chandni Singh spent 10 months doing her fieldwork in rural Rajasthan, India. In this post, she reflects on...
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Encountering Chinese officials: bureaucratism, politics and power struggle
Encountering officials is inevitable in many research projects in China. The encounter itself shows a snapshot of how local officialdom works. Being rejected by the officials, being unable to find the...
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Embedding research in local contexts: local knowledge, stakeholders’...
It is not always easy for researchers to explain how and why a research project is important to local people whose interests may be diverse or in conflict. Viewing fieldwork as a process of...
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The homecomer and the stranger: Reflections on positionality and the benefits...
Based on the experience of conducting field research in Kazakhstan, I reflect on the challenges of working in a cross-cultural insider-outsider differentiated team. My work with my colleague Eva Kipnis...
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Between ‘Wizards of Oz’, Madagascari Lemur and Megalomaniac Presidents: The...
When mentioning that my work involves dealing with several former USSR countries I often get questions on the kind of dangers my research entails. Whilst I do not see particular dangers in what I do, I...
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In search of meaningful data
“My fieldwork experience was a sweaty, muddy, risky, and frustratingly lonely process,” writes Sujee Jung, PhD Candidate at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers...
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Encountering the electricity shortage: Research Methods driven by...
Infrastructure is not merely about physical objects, but also a physical articulation of the uneven distribution of power and the struggles for it. Emphasising the heterogeneous nature of a...
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