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Fieldwork as Craftwork: A Practical Guide for Conducting Research in the Real World [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Aug-2024
  • Kirjastus: Rowman & Littlefield
  • ISBN-10: 1538161168
  • ISBN-13: 9781538161166
Teised raamatud teemal:
Fieldwork as Craftwork: A Practical Guide for Conducting Research in the Real World
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Aug-2024
  • Kirjastus: Rowman & Littlefield
  • ISBN-10: 1538161168
  • ISBN-13: 9781538161166
Teised raamatud teemal:
Fieldwork as Craftwork: A Practical Guide for Conducting Research in the Real World shows security studies researchers how to apply and develop a skill set that can be applied to all aspects of their work, from securing necessities and navigating a foreign landscape, to wrestling with theory and wrangling data. The author, Suzanne Levi-Sanchez, an assistant professor at the US Naval War College, has conducted extensive fieldwork in the borderlands of Afghanistan. Throughout this book, she draws upon this experience to illustrate the principles and best practices of field research.

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

Suzanne Levi-Sanchez is an Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs Department at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island where she teaches Security Strategies with a focus on the Middle East and Central Asia and The Iranian Way of War