Overseas research : a practical guide / Christopher B. Barrett, Jeffrey Cason and Erin C. Lentz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrett, Christopher B. (Christopher Brendan), author.

Cason, Jeffrey W., author.

Lentz, Erin C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Fieldwork.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 181 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"When researching in developing countries, an ability to negotiate a bewildering array of cultural and logistical obstacles is essential. Overseas Research: A Practical Guide distills essential lessons from scores of students and scholars who have collected data and done fieldwork abroad, including how to prepare for the field, how and where to find funding for one's fieldwork, issues of personal safety and security, and myriad logistical and relational issues. By encouraging researchers to think through the challenges of research before they begin it, Overseas Research will help prepare fieldworkers for the practical, logistical, and psychological considerations of very demanding work, help save valuable time, make the most of scarce financial resources, and enhance the quality of the field research. This new third edition contains new material on social media, including representation of research subjects/collaborators, students' digital branding and image, and representing universities abroad when posting publicly. It also covers emerging technologies such as solar panels for power in remote locations, new ways of digitally sending and receiving money, and incorporates more perspectives of women, LGBTQ+ people, and people of color researching abroad. The book will be of interest to overseas fieldworkers, and also to undergraduates in subjects such as anthropology, economics, history, international studies, politics, and development studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of field narratives

List of contributors

Preface and acknowledgments to the third edition

1. Introduction

2. Identifying asite and funding source

Site selection

Exploratory research trips

Language training

Finding funding

Summary

3. Predeparture preparations

Money and travel

Health

Housing

Packing: what to bring, what to leave

Family matters

Being LGBTQ+ in the field

Academic preparations

Securing approvals and research clearances

4. Setting up to live and work

Becoming familiar with an unfamiliar environment

Money and housing

Bureaucratic and legal matters

With family in the field

Issues of identity in your daily experiences

Relations with expatriates

Maintaining your well-being in the field

Settling in academically

5. The logistics of fieldwork

Research equipment

Transportation

Research assistants

6. Safety and security matters

Personal safety: the basics

Less obvious safety strategies

Gender, race, and sexual orientation-based violence

Traffic

Keeping research equipment and data safe

7. The challenges of the field

Choosing and cultivating informants

Crosschecking data

Broaching sensitive subjects

Recording interviews

Managing and minimizing your cultural and ecological footprint

Giving back and maintaining credibility in the field

8. Knowing when to go home

Narrowing the topic

Clearing the decks

Packing up the data

9. Pulling it all together: The postpartum

Organizing data

Beginning (and completing) the writing process

Culture shock

10. Epilogue: It's never over

Post-fieldwork obligations

Post-fieldwork opportunities

Selected bibliography

Archival research.

Case study research and comparative method

Ethnographic methods and qualitative research on human subjects

Fieldwork in general

Grantswriting

Living abroad

Quantitative methods

Research ethics

Study abroad

Survey research

Websites (blogs, and other repositories of useful information)

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781000041590

100004159X

9780367257095

0367257092

9781000041552

1000041557

OCLC:

1127062826