Christopher B. Barrett, Jeffrey Cason, Erin C. Lentz

Overseas Research (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When conducting research in developing countries, an ability to negotiate a bewildering array of cultural and logistical obstacles is essential. Overseas Research: A Practical Guide distills essential lessons from scores of students and scholars who have collected data and done fieldwork abroad, including how to prepare for the field, how and where to find funding for one's fieldwork, issues of personal safety and security, and myriad logistical and relational issues.

By encouraging researchers to think through the challenges of research before they begin it, Overseas Research will help prepare fieldworkers for the practical, logistical, and psychological considerations of very demanding work, help save valuable time, make the most of scarce financial resources, and enhance the quality of the field research. This third edition contains new material on social media, including representation of research subjects/collaborators, students' digital branding and image, and representing universities abroad when posting publicly. It also covers emerging technologies such as solar panels for power in remote locations, new ways of digitally sending and receiving money, and incorporates more perspectives of women, LGBTQ+ people, and people of color researching abroad.

The book will be of interest to overseas fieldworkers, and also to undergraduates in subjects such as anthropology, economics, geography, history, international studies, politics, sociology, and development studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000041590
• Artikelnr.: 58769076

Autorenporträt

Christopher B. Barrett is the Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, International Professor of Agriculture, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Global Development at Cornell University, USA.

Jeffrey Cason is Provost and the Edward C. Knox Professor of International Studies and Political Science at Middlebury College, USA.

Erin C. Lentz is Assistant Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Field Narratives List of Contributors Preface and Acknowledgements
to the Third Edition 1 Introduction 2 Identifying a Site and Funding Source
Site Selection Exploratory Research Trips Language Training Finding Funding
Summary 3 Predeparture Preparations Money and Travel Health Housing
Packing: What to Bring, What to Leave Family Matters Being LGBTQ+ in the
Field Academic Preparations Securing Approvals and Research Clearances 4
Setting Up to Live and Work Becoming Familiar with an Unfamiliar
Environment Money and Housing Bureaucratic and Legal Matters With Family in
the Field Issues of Identity in Your Daily Experiences Relations with
Expatriates Maintaining Your Well-being in the Field Settling in
Academically 5 The Logistics of Fieldwork Research Equipment Transportation
Research Assistants 6 Safety and Security Matters Personal Safety: The
Basics Less Obvious Safety Strategies Gender, Race and Sexual
Orientation-based Violence Traffic Keeping Research Equipment and Data Safe
7 The Challenges of the Field Choosing and Cultivating Informants
Crosschecking Data Broaching Sensitive Subjects Recording Interviews
Managing and Minimizing Your Cultural and Ecological Footprint Giving Back
and Maintaining Credibility in the Field 8 Knowing When to Go Home
Narrowing the Topic Clearing the Decks Packing Up the Data 9 Pulling It All
Together: The Postpartum Organizing Data Beginning (and Completing) the
Writing Process Culture Shock 10 Epilogue: It¿s Never Over Post-fieldwork
Obligations Post-fieldwork Opportunities Selected Bibliography Archival
Research Case Study Research and Comparative Method Ethnographic Methods
and Qualitative Research on Human Subjects Fieldwork in General
Grantswriting Living Abroad Quantitative Methods Research Ethics Study
Abroad Survey Research Websites (Blogs, and Other Repositories of Useful
Information) Index