Preliminary field-work: Methodological reflections from northern Canadian research

Qualitative Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-513

  Caine, Ken J ^a   Davison, Colleen M ^b   Stewart, Emma J ^c  

^a Department of Rural Economy   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community based research; Ethics; Ethnography; Field research; Field work; Methodology; Northern Canada; Preliminary field work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349288019     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794109337880     Document Type: Article

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