Fieldwork for Social Research - A Student''s Guide

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Fieldwork and the Field
Chapter 3: Curiosity and Research Design
Part II: Critical Fieldwork
Chapter 4: Working Together
Chapter 5: Ethical Fieldwork
Chapter 6: Decolonising Fieldwork
Part III: Methods in Context
Chapter 7: Interviews and Conversations
Chapter 8: Participant Observation, Participatory Fieldwork
Chapter 9: Visual Fieldwork
Chapter 10: Digital Fieldwork
Chapter 11: Social Media for Fieldwork
Chapter 12: Multisensory and Embodied Fieldwork
Chapter 13: Exploring with Secondary Sources
Chapter 14: Understanding and Handling Data
Chapter 15: Takeaways - for Work and Life

About the author

Richard Phillips is Professor in Human Geography at the University of Sheffield. Dr Jennifer Johns is Lecturer in Organization and Management at the University of Liverpool. 

Summary

As one of the few teaching books that looks at fieldwork in the broadest of contexts, this book provides a strong foundation in the fundamentals of fieldwork within social research. It not only teaches theory but puts into practice planning, designing, conducting and sharing social research.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Johns, Richard Phillips, Richard Johns Phillips
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2023
• EAN: 9781529764390
• ISBN: 978-1-5297-6439-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Social Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Social research and statistics, Research methods: general