Doing International Fieldwork in Development Contexts
Date:
01/12/2016 - 02/12/2016
Organised by:
Newcastle University
Presenter:
Dr Raksha Pande, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University
Level:
Intermediate (some prior knowledge)
Contact:
For any queries please contact hass.pgtraining@ncl.ac.uk or call 0191 208 5190
Location:
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Venue:
Doctoral Training Suite
5th Floor
Daysh Building
Newcastle University
Description:
This workshop is aimed at examining the trials and tribulations of doing international fieldwork. We will discuss some key epistemological and methodological paradigms related to successfully planning and conducting fieldwork in a new country/context. Topics covered will include:
-Interrogating ‘the field’
-Translating research
-Ethical dilemmas
-Gender and fieldwork
-Reflexivity and positionality in international research.
The workshop is for PhD students who are interested in the Global south as a first time researcher or are ‘going home’ to do research in a development context. It will comprise of presentations from academics and a number of peer learning panels including presentations from and discussion with PGs who have recently completed fieldwork.
Who is eligible?
Registered PhD social science students at Durham and Newcastle universities and ESRC award-holders at other ESRC-accredited institutions can also attend. An agreement also exists to enable ten students from Northumbria University to attend free of charge.
Please note that booking closes on 28th November 2016.
Cost:
£60 for those not eligible to attend the training for free (see eligibility above).
Website and registration:
Region:
North East
Keywords:
Data Collection, Data Quality and Data Management
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