CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: LEARNING THROUGH STORIES
PETER KRAUSE AND ORA SZEKELY
I. WELCOME TO THE FIELD
1. FIELDWORK AND EMOTIONS
IAN S. LUSTICK
2. COOKING SOUP AND KILLING CHICKENS: NAVIGATING GENDER AND FOOD-AS-FIELDWORK IN WEST AFRICA
ZOE MARKS
3. RECITE! INTERPRETIVE FIELDWORK FOR POSITIVISTS
RICHARD A. NIELSEN
II. DESIGNING YOUR RESEARCH AND DECIDING WHERE TO GO
4. FIELDWORK BY DECREE, NOT BY DESIGN
STATHIS N. KALYVAS
5. CONDUCTING 1,500 SURVEYS IN NEW YORK CITY (WITH GREAT UNCERTAINTY AND A LIMITED BUDGET)
CHRISTINA M. GREER
6. HEZBOLLAH WILL TAKE YOUR DATA: HOW TO PLAN FOR RESEARCH AMONG INSURGENTS
KRISTA E. WIEGAND
7. WHEN THE LINGUISTIC LIGHTWEIGHT GOES ABROAD: RELYING ON SHARP STUDENTS
STEPHEN M. SAIDEMAN
8. NAVIGATING DATA COLLECTION IN WAR ZONES
FOTINI CHRISTIA
III. MAKE A PLAN … THEN BE READY TO TOSS IT
9. LET GO AND LET ALI
NADYA HAJJ
10. BE PREPARED (TO GO OFF SCRIPT)
DANIEL N. POSNER
11. RADIO GAGA: EVOLVING FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN MALI
KRISTIN MICHELITCH
12. CROSSED WIRES: INTERVIEWING THE WRONG PEOPLE
BETHANY LACINA
13. “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTING INTO”: DEALING WITH DISHONESTY IN THE FIELD
MATTHEW FRANKLIN CANCIAN AND KRISTIN E. FABBE
14. SUCCESSFUL FIELDWORK FOR THE FIELDWORK-HATER
AMELIA HOOVER GREEN
IV. CREATIVELY COLLECTING DATA AND EVIDENCE
15. HOW TO INTERVIEW A TERRORIST
JESSICA STERN
16. STUMBLING AROUND IN THE ARCHIVES
MARC TRACHTENBERG
17. DETAILS IN THE DOODLES: DOCUMENTING COVERT ACTION
LINDSEY A. O’ROURKE
18. MY STINT AS A UKRAINIAN TAXI DRIVER
KEITH DARDEN
19. CONDUCTING FIELDWORK IN A VIRTUAL SPACE: EXPLORING ISIS’S ENCRYPTED MESSAGING ON TELEGRAM
MIA BLOOM AND AYSE LOKMANOGLU
20. ALL THE SIGNS ARE THERE: INCIDENTAL DISCOVERIES DURING FIELDWORK ON GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN RUSSIA
VALERIE SPERLING
21. LEARNING FROM FOREIGN COLLEAGUES
ROBERT ROSS
V. DEVELOPING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
22. ON FIELD-BEING
WENDY PEARLMAN
23. FIELDWORK ON FOOT
PAUL STANILAND
24. THE ONION PRINCIPLE
DAVID D. LAITIN
25. THE INTOXICATION OF FIELDWORK: OBTAINING AUTHORIZATIONS IN BURKINA FASO
JOHN F. MCCAULEY
26. FIELD RESEARCH AND SECURITY IN A COLLAPSED STATE
WILL RENO
27. BUILDING FIELD NETWORKS IN THE ERA OF BIG DATA
AMANEY JAMAL
VI. SEEING AND BEING SEEN: IDENTITY IN THE FIELD
28. RESEARCHING AN OLD CIVIL WAR CLOSE TO HOME
LAIA BALCELLS
29. POSITIONALITY AND SUBJECTIVITY IN FIELD RESEARCH
ENZE HAN
30. RACE AND THE STUDY OF A RACIAL DEMOCRACY
MELISSA NOBLES
31. “WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THAT?”: STUDYING RACIAL INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES FROM THE OUTSIDE
DESMOND KING
32. NAVIGATING BORN AND CHOSEN IDENTITIES IN FIELDWORK
PETER KRAUSE
VII. BEING ETHICALLY ACCOUNTABLE
33. ON RESEARCH THAT “MATTERS”
ERICA CHENOWETH
34. THE FIELD IS EVERYWHERE
ZACHARIAH CHERIAN MAMPILLY
35. THINGS CHANGE: PROTECTING YOURSELF AND YOUR SOURCES IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
MARC LYNCH
36. ETHNOGRAPHY WITH EXTREMISTS: LIVING IN A FASCIST MILITIA
ALESSANDRO ORSINI
37. BUILDING TRUST WITH EX-INSURGENTS
EMIL ASLAN SOULEIMANOV
38. ON BEING SEEN
ORA SZEKELY
VIII. STAYING SAFE AND HEALTHY
39. CONDUCTING SAFE FIELDWORK ON VIOLENCE AND PEACE
SARAH ZUKERMAN DALY
40. YOUR SAFETY AND THEIRS: INTERVIEWING SEX-TRAFFICKERS
CARLA B. ABDO-KATSIPIS
41. SHINGLES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
RAVI PERRY
42. DRINK THE TEA
VIPIN NARANG
ONE LAST THING BEFORE YOU GO …
CONCLUSION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DO FIELDWORK?
PETER KRAUSE AND ORA SZEKELY
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