Description
In an attempt to cope with the profusion of tools and techniques for qualitative methods, texts for students have tended to respond in the following two ways: "how to" or "why to." In contrast, this book takes on both tasks to give students a more complete picture of the field. An Invitation to Qualitative Fieldwork is a helpful guide, a compendium of tips, and a workbook for skills. Whether for a class, as a reference book, or something to return to before, during, and after data-collection, An Invitation to Qualitative Fieldwork is a new kind of qualitative handbook.
Table of Contents
1. The Multilogical Approach I. Ways of Relating 2. Participants and Communities – the They Voice 3. Researchers – the You Voice 4. The Audience – the We Voice II. Ways of Gathering 5. Listening: Interview Methods 6. Looking: Ethnographic Observation 7. Participating: Action Research, Collaboration, and Auto-Ethnography III. Ways of Telling 8. The Multilogics of Writing 9. The Promise of Field Work
