Hidden struggles of fieldwork: Exploring the role and use of field diaries

Emotion, Space and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 86-93

  Punch, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Emotion; Ethnography; Field diary; Fieldwork; Methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861678808     PISSN: 17554586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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