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Managing Our Personal Traits in the Field: Exploring the Methodological and Analytical Benefits of Mobilizing Field Diaries

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  • Author(s): Fort, Emilie (ORCID Fort, Emilie (ORCID 0000-0003-0998-394X)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 2022 25(3):349-360.
  • Publication Date:
    2022
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Evaluative
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      12
    • Subject Terms:
      Field Experience Programs; Diaries; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Structure; Researchers; Credibility; Sex Role; Self Concept; Research Methodology
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/13645579.2021.1883536
    • ISSN:
      1364-5579
      1464-5300
    • Abstract:
      This article aims to explore the methodological and analytical benefits of mobilizing field diaries when doing fieldwork research. Fieldwork necessitates spending months or years living and sharing the lives of those we are studying. It is thus about interactions and access, about emotions and power relations. Field diaries are particularly insightful in capturing the social interactions between the researcher and the informants, which inevitably impact fieldwork, data collection and the research results. In this paper, I argue that field diaries, if they provide opportunities for developing reflexive analysis, offer possibilities to incorporating participants' points of view in our research process as well. They also constitute avenues to investigate the social structure of the community under study. The present reflection derives from the researcher experience of using field diaries when being back home from fieldwork. [Note: The page range (345-356) shown is incorrect. The correct page range is 349-360.]
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2022
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1345798