Doing fieldwork in development geography: Research culture and research spaces in Vietnam

Geographical Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-40

  Scott, Steffanie ^a   Miller, Fiona ^b   Lloyd, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Field research; Postgraduate students; Reflexivity; Research methods; Transitional socialist countries

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; FIELDWORK;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33644769353     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2006.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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