Fieldwork in Difficult Environments - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3825812820 ISBN 13 : 9783825812829

Editeur : Lit Verlag, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Fieldwork in difficult environments - Methodology as boundary work in development research contains personal accounts of PhD researchers on doing field research in politically and otherwise difficult environments. The methodological flexibility required in development research is discussed around four themes: cultural difference; methodological style and the scale level of research; communication and interaction in collaborative research; and the political and ethical legitimacy of research. The volume argues that the choice and deployment of methodology is an ongoing, reflexive process of `boundary work'. It requires a flexible conceptual stance and related pragmatism as regards methodological philosophy and choice; it may require the design of specific boundary objects as evident for example in mapping techniques for participatory research, and it requires strategic shaping of the social relations of data collection.

Biographie de l'auteur

Caleb R.L. Wall graduated from ZEF with a PhD in 2006 and is a freelance consultant who currently works in Kazakhstan, Russia and increasingly in Eastern and Southern Africa. Peter P. Mollinga is Senior Researcher "Natural Resources and Social Dynamics" at ZEF since 2004. He works on water, politics and development, particularly in Asia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lit Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3825812820
• ISBN 13: 9783825812829
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Éditeur: Wall Caleb R.L., Mollinga Peter P.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible