@article{1437040,
      recid = {1437040},
      author = {Ajebon, Mildred Oiza,},
      title = {Navigating the field : postgraduate experiences in social  research /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xix, 172 pages)},
      abstract = {This volume is a collation of postgraduate fieldwork  experiences in social research that provides a platform for  early career researchers (ECRs) to be open about the hidden  labour of doing postgraduate fieldwork. This book documents  diverse fieldwork experiences, gathering critical  reflections on the field from a wide range of ECRs. The  issues presented here go from the process of identifying  the field to navigating life in (and after) it, including  things that happen in-between. This text shows a different  set of methodological considerations in relation to access,  ethics, identity, positionality, power and practices,  highlighting how ECRs' fieldwork experiences may help  broaden traditional frameworks of research. Exploring how  postgraduate researchers make sense of these issues and  what kind of decisions they make in specific circumstances  helps to reveal broader concerns, institutional practices  and constraints. Through these reflections, this book makes  an important point that there is a need for researchers to  document the real story behind fieldwork. The honesty and  openness of contributors in this volume are positive steps  towards fostering a research culture where reflections upon  weaknesses and failures are as welcome as presentations of  successful fieldwork techniques and methods. The fact that  this book is written and edited by ECRs, the topics it  presents both emerging and long-debated but still relevant  and the broad range of approaches make this text unique. We  hope these points will make this work useful for  researchers of all levels and across disciplines, and that  this text will allow the reader to rethink some essential  aspects of social research that are often taken for  granted. We expect the diverse reflections offered in this  book to appeal to researchers across disciplines at  different stages of their career and that this will be a  useful resource for researchers to map and navigate their  own research pathways.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1437040},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68113-5},
}