Far from being "home alone" the dynamics of accompanied fieldwork

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-228

  Cupples, Julie ^a   Kindon, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accompanied fieldwork; Costa Rica; Indonesia; Nicaragua; Positionality; Power

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; POWER RELATIONS;

COSTA RICA; INDONESIA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 0043127212     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9493.00153     Document Type: Article

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