Shinkansenism: team boarding the Shanghai to Nanjing express – the first stop of a month of time-zone bouncing.
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Enjoying the shade of a small shrine moments before heading to our next home interview. Taipei today, every. moment. precious. Good crew. Good vibe. Great participants.
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The moment after the interview – when yours truly, the fixer, the connector and the participant – a hawala agent in the local money bazaar …
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One method we’ve experimented with here in Afghanistan is a varient of the ad-hoc, group street interview – an example above showing Panthea (interviewer) and …
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How does Ramadan – the Islamic month of fasting during which time the devout avoid eating and drinking between dawn and dusk, impact on your …
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The research crew takes to motorcycles the only way to beat the Kabul traffic – otherwise slowed by the concrete barriers, roadblocks, poor state of …
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In any study over a few days the team members will need access to laundry services – a trivial enough issue in normal circumstances but …
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A dress code? For field research? Really? Well sort of. The first rule of field research is to dress for comfort – working days tends …
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You’re a practitioner and are considering taking colleagues and clients into the field. What blend of personalities do you want on your field research team? …
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Following on from Part I. The decision about which country to research is often intertwined with a choice of city as the primary research base. To …
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