Creating the Source through Folkloristic Fieldwork

by Bente Gullveig Alver

The report of any fieldwork project, as it appears in a book or as an article in a periodical, never tells the whole storey. Here, in the personal narrative, Bente Gullveig Alver spins her tale about her own fieldwork history. She describes the circumstances leading her to pursue particular themes. She shares wit h her readers a selection of her studies, and she paints her vivid pictures of the contexts within which they came to be .She also provides a setting for an improved understanding of the qualitative method, and shows us how the emphasis on empathy, immediacy to informants and field, an ear for the sources upon which others form their understanding, their forms of expression, their language, all are indispensable vehicles in creating the source.

164 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

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[Marie Østvold · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this during my masterdegree at university, so I should be able to read it. But I just don't remember it, withe exception of the fact that I found it quite interesting.