The Field Site as a Network: A Strategy for Locating Ethnographic Research Export

@article{Burell2009, abstract = {Through the work of constructing a field site, researchers define the objects and subjects of their research. This article explores a variety of strategies devised by researchers to map social research onto spatial terrain. Virtual networked field sites are among the recent approaches that are challenging conventional thinking about field-based research. The benefits and consequences of one particular configuration, the field site as a network that incorporates physical, virtual, and imagined spaces, will be explored in detail through a case study. The author focuses in particular on the logistical issues involved and practical steps to constructing such a field site. This article includes suggestions for ways of studying social phenomena that take place on a vast terrain from a stationary position. 10.1177/1525822X08329699}, author = {Burrell, Jenna}, citeulike-article-id = {4785451}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1525822X08329699}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://fmx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/2/181}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1525822X08329699}, journal = {Field Methods}, keywords = {ethnography, netnography}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {181--199}, posted-at = {2009-06-09 11:02:37}, priority = {2}, title = {The Field Site as a Network: A Strategy for Locating Ethnographic Research}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1525822X08329699}, volume = {21}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - Burell2009 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4785451 N2 - Through the work of constructing a field site, researchers define the objects and subjects of their research. This article explores a variety of strategies devised by researchers to map social research onto spatial terrain. Virtual networked field sites are among the recent approaches that are challenging conventional thinking about field-based research. The benefits and consequences of one particular configuration, the field site as a network that incorporates physical, virtual, and imagined spaces, will be explored in detail through a case study. The author focuses in particular on the logistical issues involved and practical steps to constructing such a field site. This article includes suggestions for ways of studying social phenomena that take place on a vast terrain from a stationary position. 10.1177/1525822X08329699 IS - 2 JF - Field Methods EP - 199 TI - The Field Site as a Network: A Strategy for Locating Ethnographic Research VL - 21 SP - 181 KW - ethnography KW - netnography AU - Burrell, Jenna PY - 2009/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1525822X08329699 ER -