Introduction: Practical Guidance from an Experienced Researcher
Part I: Designing Your Research Strategy
1. The Right Research Strategy: Different Approaches to Fieldwork
2. Research Design: Sites, Sources, Methods, Internal Review Boards
3. Funding: Fellowships, Grants, Contracts, Volunteer Work
Part II: Preparing for the Field
4. Research Logistics: Field Plan, Travel, Equipment
5. Health and Safety: Self-Preservation and Self-Defense
Part III: Working in the Field
6. Access: Contacts, Interpreters, Subjects
7. Engagement: Interviews and Casual Conversations
8. Participant-Observation: Sites, Jobs, Volunteer Work
9. Additional Sources: Artifacts, Documents, Digital Media
10. Departure: Leaving the Field and Returning Home
Part IV: Analyzing Your Data and Writing Your Report
11. Evidence: Assessment, Analysis, Documentation
12. Writing and Publishing: From Researcher to Author
Conclusion: No One Best Way, Only a Messy Way