Doing Fieldwork: Ethnographic Methods for Research in Developing Countries and Beyond

by Wayne Fife

Making use of his own research experiences in Papua New Guinea, Southern Ontario, and Newfoundland, Wayne Fife teaches students and new researchers how to prepare for research, conduct a study, analyze the material (e.g. create new social and cultural theory), and write academic or policy oriented books, articles, or reports. The reader is taught how to combine historic and contemporary documents (e.g. archives, newspapers, government reports) with fieldwork methods (e.g. participant-observation, interviews, and self-reporting) to create ethnographic studies of disadvantaged populations. Anthropologists, sociologists, folklorists and educational researchers will equally benefit from this critical approach to research.

Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2005

Reviews

[KT]

A clear and enjoyable guide to ethnographic fieldwork particularly on macro and micro-levels of analysis and structured, semi-structured and unstructured interviews

Author's personable voice came through clearly in their writing and their advice on analysing and coding fieldwork notes as well as academic and practical writing were helpful