Fieldwork in Difficult Environments: Methodology as Boundary Work in Development ResearchCaleb Wall, Peter P. Mollinga This book 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; communication and interaction; and political and ethical legitimacy. The volume argues that the choice and deployment of methodology is an ongoing, reflexive process of "boundary work". |
Contents
Bernd Kuzmits | 19 |
Maps | 28 |
Positioning Security and Securing Ones Position The | 43 |
Cultivating Fields of Knowledge The problem of knowledge | 69 |
The Best of Both Worlds Integrating quantitative and qualitative | 83 |
Knowledge Resources Yet Untapped The challenge of finding | 111 |
Working in Fields as Fieldwork Khaskar participant observation | 137 |
Authoritarianism Validity and Security Researching water distri | 161 |
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