ABSTRACT
This chapter attempts to highlight the experiences of fieldwork students through the eyes of the ethnographer – the mentor who pro-actively engaged with them during their placement/fieldwork journey as an integral part of the fieldwork curriculum. As an experienced practitioner, the researcher used the space and place and studied the fieldwork recordings, time diaries and field notes besides the meetings which were organized in formal and informal spaces to understand what the field was teaching and what the learners were engaging with as a part of their journey. This revealed varied aspects of learning which could well be related to the forgotten Indian texts and thus help transmute information into wisdom for the profession. The study could be utilized for the purpose of helping insiders and outsiders better understand fieldwork as a process and experiential learning. The chapter concludes by suggesting that the insights thus gained could extend beyond a cross-cultural context to inform more general debates in the indigenous linkages of the field with the profession of social work.
