Approaches to fieldwork / edited by Sam Hillyard.

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Series: SAGE benchmarks in social research methodsPublisher: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

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9781473915381 (ebook) :

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v.1. Theoretical ideas and the emergence of the fieldwork tradition -- v.2. Technique and technologies -- v.3. The purpose, task and ambitions of fieldwork -- v.4. Outcomes.

Summary: This study maps how the fieldwork approach to research has developed and matured over the past decades. The aim of this collection is to acknowledge the legacy and the traditions from which fieldwork emerged, but moreover to critically discuss how best fieldwork can move look to engage with the lives as they are now lived. Though the generic task of fieldwork remains as it was - the challenge to 'get inside' and seek understanding about the social world - the literature included here also engages with the whys, whats and hows of using 'new' digital data, placing current debates in context.

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v.1. Theoretical ideas and the emergence of the fieldwork tradition -- v.2. Technique and technologies -- v.3. The purpose, task and ambitions of fieldwork -- v.4. Outcomes.

This study maps how the fieldwork approach to research has developed and matured over the past decades. The aim of this collection is to acknowledge the legacy and the traditions from which fieldwork emerged, but moreover to critically discuss how best fieldwork can move look to engage with the lives as they are now lived. Though the generic task of fieldwork remains as it was - the challenge to 'get inside' and seek understanding about the social world - the literature included here also engages with the whys, whats and hows of using 'new' digital data, placing current debates in context.

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