Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Difficult Setting; preparing for Fieldwork
Course Number:
Course Description:
Most qualitative research methods courses offer theoretical framework, research planning, data collection and analysis in one course within one semester. For Master and PhD students in earlier stages who will prepare and conduct qualitative fieldwork, many opportunities, challenges and potential risks are not discussed well enough. It is hardly mentioned and discussed in training and academic conferences so far. This relates for instance to finding and including respondents in your sample, but also dealing with time and delay, and even violence and other forms of sexual harassment, which are all issues that until now are hardly discussed in preparations. The most careful planning can mean little once the researcher encounters the real world. In this course, by openly discussing specific issues, students have the liberty to make a choice in relation to each different situation. This course can bring to light the gap between textbook theory and methods in practice.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 399
Course URL:
https://vu.nl/en/education/summerschool/difficult-settings-preparing-for-fieldwork/curriculum
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