Gatekeepers and keymasters: Dynamic relationships of access in geographical fieldwork

Geographical Review

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-121

  Campbell, Lisa M ^a   Gray, Noella J ^a   Meletis, Zoë A ^a   Abbott, James G ^b   Silver, Jennifer J ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Gatekeeper; Geographical fieldwork; Keymaster; Reflexivity; Research methods

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY;

PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 33750420922     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2006.tb00389.x     Document Type: Article

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