Handbook for Folklore and Ethnomusicology Fieldwork

by Lisa Gilman (Editor), John Fenn (Editor)

Handbook for Folklore and Ethnomusicology Fieldwork offers a comprehensive review of the ethnographic process for developing a project, implementing the plan, and completing and preserving the data collected. Throughout, readers will find a detailed methodology for conducting different types of fieldwork such as digital ethnography or episodic research, tips and tricks for key elements like budgeting and funding, and practical advice and examples gleaned from the authors own fieldwork experiences. This handbook also helps fieldworkers fully grasp and understand the ways in which power, gender, ethnicity, and other identity categories are ever present in fieldwork and guides students to think through these dynamics at each stage of research. Written accessibly for lay researchers working in different mediums and on projects of varying size, this step-by-step manual will prepare the reader for the excitement, challenges, and rewards of ethnographic research.

288 pages, Paperback

Published April 5, 2019

Reviews

[Eugene Pierson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful and insightful. I love how we can all become folklorists through this guide. Knowing all the various intricacies that go into budgeting and creating interviews is amazing. Qualitative research, open-ended questions, rapport, consent, immersion--and so many more themes and topics--are discussed within the pages of this book.

[Jon · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a text book. Not riveting but accessible and helpful.