Doing Fieldwork in China

by Maria Heimer (Editor), Stig Thøgersen

Doing fieldwork inside the PRC is an eye-opening but sometimes also deeply frustrating experience. In this volume scholars from around the world reflect on their own fieldwork practice to give practical advice and discuss more general theoretical points. The contributors come from a wide range of disciplines such as political science, anthropology, economics, media studies, history, cultural geography, and sinology. The book also contains an extensive bibliography.

Bu Wei, Björn Gustafsson, Mette Halskov Hansen, Baogang He, Maria Heimer, Björn Kjellgren, Li Shi, Kevin J. O’Brien, Dorothy J. Solinger, Maria Svensson, Elin Sæther, Mette Thunø, Stig Thøgersen, Emily T. Yeh.

Genres: China

333 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2006

Reviews

[Aziz Aksu · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it is a must book for area studies students.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although the book is quite old now, I found a lot of the information still very useful and informative. Good read if you're going to do fieldwork in China

[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

An edited volume where social science researchers, mostly those connected with Northern Europe, think through the problems of doing research in China. The chapters are of varying quality, as is normally the case with these kinds of works. Some interesting nuggets can be found within.

[Aminta Arrington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful, practical book as I consider my own fieldwork in China.