The authors of this book demonstrate that fieldwork is first and foremost a human pursuit. They draw upon published and unpublished accounts of fieldworkers' personal experiences to develop the thesis that an appreciation of fieldwork as a unique mode of inquiry depends upon an understanding of the role the human element plays in it. They analyze the processes involved when people study people firsthand, focusing upon the recurrent human problems that arise and must be solved. The human processes and problems, they argue, are common to all fieldwork, regardless of the disciplinary backgrounds or the specific interests of individual researchers.
- ISBN10 0520039890
- ISBN13 9780520039896
- Publish Date July 1980 (first published 13 March 1980)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 November 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint University of California Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 178
- Language English