Conducting Field Work with Microfinance Programs’ Participants in a Non-Western Setting: A Reflexive Account

Autor: Mohammad Shahjahan Chowdhury
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Qualitative Report.
ISSN: 2160-3715
DOI: 10.46743/2160-3715/2021.4778
Popis: While volumes of procedural guidelines are available on how to conduct fieldwork, in practice a researcher encounters various challenges and dilemmas in the field. This paper presents a holistic view of the puzzles this researcher encountered in gaining access, negotiating positionality, application of the pre-determined methodology, and ensuring ethics during his fieldwork with microfinance program participants in a non-Western setting. This paper contributes to the fieldwork literature by enhancing a researcher’s understanding of the unanticipated challenges.
Databáze: OpenAIRE