DOING FIELDWORK

Book Details:

• ISBN: 9789354798481

• Author: Professor Chris Pole, Dr. Sam Hillyard

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Binding: Hardback

• Number of Pages: 184

• Publication Year: 2025

• Sale Territory: India Only

About the Book
This is not just another step-by-step guide to research methods. Doing Fieldwork draws the reader into fieldwork as a form of living and lived research. Written by experienced fieldworkers, the book weaves key threads of research practices into a holistic approach to fieldwork. The authors present a refreshing and authoritative guide to fieldwork in Sociology, avoiding the overload of micro-details often found in other guides. It provides:

• A clear explanation of fieldwork methods

• How to locate and map a field

• Guidance on ethical considerations and common problem areas

• Time management strategies

• Help with analyzing findings

This book is an invaluable resource for new researchers and should be in every student’s backpack and every researcher’s toolkit.

Contents

• What is Fieldwork?

• Finding the Field

• Field Relations

• Tools For the Field

• Fieldwork: Values and Ethics

• When It’s Time to Go

• Analysis

• Conclusions

About the Author / Editor

• Professor Chris Pole is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Brighton. His research interests are in social research methodology, especially ethnography, and in the sociology of education and childhood.

• Dr. Sam Hillyard is a Reader in Sociology at Durham University. Her research interests include qualitative research methods, interactionist social theory, and rural studies.