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fieldwork
[′fēld‚wərk] (science and technology)
Work done, such as surveying or making geological observations, in the field.
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fieldwork
research that is carried out in the field, as opposed to the laboratory, library etc. Fieldwork is the investigation of real-life situations through observation and informal or unstructured interviewing. Ingold (1989) has defined the specific character of anthropological fieldwork as ‘the search for participant understanding through longterm immersion in an initially alien setting’. See also ETHNOGRAPHY, QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, CASE STUDY, INTERPRETATIVE SOCIOLOGY.Collins Dictionary of Sociology, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2000