Fieldwork for Human Geography

Introduction: Fieldwork for Human GeographersPART ONE: APPROACHING THE FIELDGetting the Most out of FieldworkJustifying the Cost: Your Degree and Your Job ProspectsBefore You Go: Research Design and PreparationEthics: Positioning Yourself and Encountering OthersWorking in Groups and Travelling TogetherPART TWO: METHODS AND CONTEXTSReading the Landscape: Describing and Interpreting Field SitesInterviewing for FieldworkParticipant Observation and Participatory GeographiesHow to Be an Explorer: Rediscovering Your Curiosity

Richard Phillips is Professor in Human Geography at the University of Sheffield.

A highly readable and superbly fun guide to the why and how of doing fieldwork in human geography, this book offers very persuasive perspectives to its target audience - undergraduates who otherwise might just mourn about going into the "foreign" field or take the trip too lightly as a free/subsidized holiday. I recommend it highly to any geographer-wannabes and practicing-geographers. The latter group, including myself, might well rediscover the fun of doing geographyHenry YeungProfessor of Economic Geography, National University of Singapore



Fieldwork is the heart of most geographic endeavours to the extent that it stimulates our passions and pushes us to ask the pithy questions that build disciplinary knowledge. This book provides an excellent introduction to the art and science of fieldwork. It makes clear that fieldwork is not just about getting out of the classroom and gaining first-hand experience of places, it is about instilling passion about those placesStuart C. AitkenProfessor, Department of Geography, San Diego State University



This book is set to be an indispensible guide to fieldwork that will enrich the practice of geography in a myriad of different ways. In particular, the diverse materials presented here will encourage students and academics alike to pursue new approaches to their work and instil a greater understanding of the conceptual and methodological breadth of their disciplineProfessor Matthew GandyProfessor of Human Geography, University College London



If fieldwork is an indispensable component of geographical education then this book is equally essential to making the most of fieldwork: at last, students have a guide to making the most of their journeys abroad or closer to home.

At its best fieldwork is a formative experience in which learning about other places is a process of learning about oneself. This book gives students the tools to realise the full potential of