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Methodological implications of getting in and out of the fieldwork

Methodological implications of getting in and out of the fieldwork
Methodological implications of getting in and out of the fieldwork
This paper focuses on the issues raised by negotiating access to the fieldwork setting and the process of gaining participants’ permission and trust. It also analyses the advantages and limitations of the different methods of data collection employed, which included observation, focus group interviews, and unstructured interviews, as well as household surveys and photographs taken by the researcher and the families involved in the study. Finally, the paper explores how participants’ receptivity changed over the course of the fieldwork.
Azaola, Marta Cristina
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Azaola, Marta Cristina
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Azaola, Marta Cristina (2006) Methodological implications of getting in and out of the fieldwork. Ethnography and Education Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the issues raised by negotiating access to the fieldwork setting and the process of gaining participants’ permission and trust. It also analyses the advantages and limitations of the different methods of data collection employed, which included observation, focus group interviews, and unstructured interviews, as well as household surveys and photographs taken by the researcher and the families involved in the study. Finally, the paper explores how participants’ receptivity changed over the course of the fieldwork.

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Published date: 4 September 2006
Venue - Dates: Ethnography and Education Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2006-09-03

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Local EPrints ID: 193169
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/193169
PURE UUID: 4ab975d1-f625-401b-8579-1a656fbede96
ORCID for Marta Cristina Azaola: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6671-4095

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Date deposited: 12 Jul 2011 13:03
Last modified: 11 Dec 2021 04:27

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