ABSTRACT
Any investigation that utilises primary research needs to give a substantial amount of attention to the design and implementation of an appropriate research strategy. This chapter outlines the issues that have informed the methodological direction of this study. First, it focuses on a discussion of the broad philosophical questions the author faced when choosing to adopt a predominantly qualitative methodological strategy. Having established that the themes of a project required the adoption of a primarily qualitative methodological strategy, it then became necessary to design the specific programme that the researcher would operationalise. The chapter then outlines the design of the research and chronicles the research process itself. Subsequently, the chapter reflects upon some of the practical issues encountered during the fieldwork stage of the project. In conclusion, the chapter discusses how the author has been able to overcome resulting methodological dilemmas.
