ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|17 pages

The Multilogical Approach

part |43 pages

Ways of Relating

chapter 2|14 pages

The They Voice

Participants and Communities

chapter 3|13 pages

The You Voice

Researchers

chapter 4|11 pages

The We Voice

The Audience

part |85 pages

Ways of Gathering

chapter 5|30 pages

Listening

Interview Methods

chapter 6|18 pages

Looking

Ethnographic Observation

chapter 7|31 pages

Participating

Research as Practice

part |38 pages

Ways of Telling

chapter 8|25 pages

The Multilogics of Writing

chapter 9|10 pages

The Promise of Fieldwork