Role Conflicts in Social Fieldwork
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2188374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Kloos (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 509-512 |
| Publication date | 1969-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/201052 |
| OpenAlex | W2028053437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
Fieldwork normally entails a total involvement of the fieldworker in the group he wishes to study. The fieldworker has three reference groups: the group studied, his own society, and the scientific group. In many situations in which the fieldworker has to make a choice of how to behave, two or even all three of his reference groups may dictate different behavior. In some situations, whatever the choice, it will be wrong from some point of view. Examples of such choice situations, derived from personal field experience in three groups, are presented. It is argued that, while the problem of role conflicts in fieldwork is probably insoluble, greater sensitivity to it might be of some help
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Survival in the field
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2024 (53) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |