fields...
Breukelen turns out to be the adequate place for walking in winter, when it has a lot of wind (like three weeks ago) or when it is cold (like last week). Three weeks ago we discussed questions arising from the relation of 'the researcher' and 'observing in the field'. - which field(s) do you go to in order to do your research? how do you get it contact with your field? - how do you present yourself? and what do you answer if your informants ask for "the results" of your project? -and, for those of who are further on in their trajectory: have you had informants reading your texts? what happens? what is there to learn from their reactions? - which problems arise during field work? what do your informants tell you? what do they show you without telling? what do they keep secret? what shifts between interviews and observations? - how do you handle such problems? - and what do the problems you encounter teach you about your research object/topic? Last week the discuss...