Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. INTRODUCTION: LEARNING THROUGH 1
5. I. WELCOME TO THE FIELD
6. 1. FIELDWORK AND EMOTIONS 15
7. 2. COOKING SOUP AND KILLING CHICKENS: NAVIGATING GENDER AND FOOD-AS-FIELDWORK IN WEST AFRICA 23
8. 3. RECITE! INTERPRETIVE FIELDWORK FOR POSITIVISTS 36
9. II. DESIGNING YOUR RESEARCH AND DECIDING WHERE TO GO
10. 4. FIELDWORK BY DECREE, NOT BY DESIGN 49
11. 5. CONDUCTING 1,500 SURVEYS IN NEW YORK CITY (WITH GREAT UNCERTAINTY AND A LIMITED BUDGET) 58
12. 6. HEZBOLLAH WILL TAKE YOUR DATA: HOW TO PLAN FOR RESEARCH AMONG INSURGENTS 64
13. 7. WHEN THE LINGUISTIC LIGHTWEIGHT GOES ABROAD: RELYING ON SHARP STUDENTS 70
14. 8. NAVIGATING DATA COLLECTION IN WAR ZONES 75
15. III. MAKE A PLAN . . . THEN BE READY TO TOSS IT
16. 9. LET GO AND LET ALI 83
17. 10. BE PREPARED (TO GO OFF SCRIPT) 88
18. 11. RADIO GAGA: EVOLVING FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN MALI 93
19. 12. CROSSED WIRES: INTERVIEWING THE WRONG PEOPLE 102
20. 13. “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTING INTO”: DEALING WITH DISHONESTY IN THE FIELD 108
21. 14. SUCCESSFUL FIELDWORK FOR THE FIELDWORK-HATER 115
22. IV. CREATIVELY COLLECTING DATA AND EVIDENCE
23. 15. HOW TO INTERVIEW A TERRORIST 127
24. 16. STUMBLING AROUND IN THE ARCHIVES 135
25. 17. DETAILS IN THE DOODLES: DOCUMENTING COVERT ACTION 142
26. 18. MY STINT AS A UKRAINIAN TAXI DRIVER 151
27. 19. CONDUCTING FIELDWORK IN A VIRTUAL SPACE: EXPLORING ISIS’s ENCRYPTED MESSAGING ON TELEGRAM 156
28. 20. ALL THE SIGNS ARE THERE: INCIDENTAL DISCOVERIES DURING FIELDWORK ON GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN RUSSIA 169
29. 21. LEARNING FROM FOREIGN COLLEAGUES 174
30. V. DEVELOPING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
31. 22. ON FIELD-BEING 183
32. 23. FIELDWORK ON FOOT 188
33. 24. THE ONION PRINCIPLE 196
34. 25. THE INTOXICATION OF FIELDWORK: OBTAINING AUTHORIZATIONS IN BURKINA FASO 202
35. 26. FIELD RESEARCH AND SECURITY IN A COLLAPSED STATE 209
36. 27. BUILDING FIELD NETWORKS IN THE ERA OF BIG DATA 215
37. VI. SEEING AND BEING SEEN: IDENTITY IN THE FIELD
38. 28. RESEARCHING AN OLD CIVIL WAR CLOSE TO HOME 225
39. 29. POSITIONALITY AND SUBJECTIVITY IN FIELD RESEARCH 232
40. 30. RACE AND THE STUDY OF A RACIAL DEMOCRACY 238
41. 31. “WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THAT ?”: STUDYING RACIAL INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES FROM THE OUTSIDE 245
42. 32. NAVIGATING BORN AND CHOSEN IDENTITIES IN FIELDWORK 254
43. VII. BEING ETHICALLY ACCOUNTABLE
44. 33. ON RESEARCH THAT “MATTERS” 267
45. 34. THE FIELD IS EVERYWHERE 277
46. 35. THINGS CHANGE: PROTECTING YOURSELF AND YOUR SOURCES IN UNCERTAIN TIMES 286
47. 36. ETHNOGRAPHY WITH EXTREMISTS: LIVING IN A FASCIST MILITIA 293
48. 37. BUILDING TRUST WITH EX-INSURGENTS 303
49. 38. ON BEING SEEN 312
50. VIII. STAYING SAFE AND HEALTHY
51. 39. CONDUCTING SAFE FIELDWORK ON VIOLENCE AND PEACE 321
52. 40. YOUR SAFETY AND THEIRS: INTERVIEWING SEX-TRAFFICKERS 327
53. 41. SHINGLES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL 335
54. 42. DRINK THE TEA 340
55. ONE LAST THING BEFORE YOU GO... 344
56. CONCLUSION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DO FIELDWORK? 364
57. INDEX 369