ABSTRACT

This book is meant to prepare the researcher for the challenges and joys of fieldwork, to help make the entire process more fruitful. Nevertheless, the narrative would not be complete if we considered a fieldwork project as a discrete event in your life. For many researchers, fieldwork becomes almost addictive, and an initial experience is the start of a career punctuated by substantial periods in the field. But even when you do not obtain or pursue further opportunities to embark on new international projects, time spent in intensive research overseas invariably has durable effects. In this epilogue we briefly discuss some of the post-fieldwork obligations and opportunities that most researchers will confront after they come home.