Navigating fieldwork politics, practicalities and ethics in the upland borderlands of northern Vietnam

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-192

  Bonnin, Christine ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borderlands; Ethics; Ethnic minorities; Fieldwork; Research assistants; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; ETHICS; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; FIELDWORK; POLITICS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MINORITY GROUP; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; VIET NAM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; VIETNAM;

VIET NAM;

EID: 77955128137     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2010.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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