"It's Not in the Course Guide!" Reflections from a Dutch Field School on How Students Learn to Do Fieldwork. (24th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rasch, Elisabet Dueholm; Simon Thomas, Marc; Cremers, Gijs; Verschuuren, Bas
• Is Part Of: Anthropology & education quarterly. Volume 51:Number 3(2020:Sep.)
• Page Start: 376
• Page End: 386
• Publication Date: 2020-04-24
• Subjects: ethnography -- field methods -- first fieldwork -- rites de passage -- teaching anthropology; Educational anthropology -- Periodicals; Education -- Periodicals; Anthropologie et éducation -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 306.43
• DOI: 10.1111/aeq.12338
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-7761

Abstract

Abstract : In this reflection we unpack students' first fieldwork experiences and how this parallels a rite de passage . We do so in two domains: (1) students' first fieldwork with a focus on entering the field, staying in the field, and researcher identity; and (2) the impact of fieldwork experiences on students' professional skills. Two struggles are prominent: letting go of the idea of "objectivity" and learning to deal with the whimsicalities of doing fieldwork.