Post writer Will McClatchey arrives at his first “field site” in Ireland Traveling to do field research is similar in some ways to our other experiences of travel, but in some ways peculiar. Field researchers are fond of checklists. When traveling, I keep checklists of: things to take care of in advance (e.g., passport, visas, permits, rental vehicle arrangements, and especially appointments with people) supplies to bring (e.g., plant press, knife, cameras, recorders, computers, backup drives, first aid, power adapters) personal stuff (e.g., medicines, toiletries, appropriate clothing) plans (overall trip plan, research design, questionnaires) and a list of objectives that need to be accomplished The most important rule of field research travel was articulated by a professor from Universit...
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