After a short hiatus, Japan Fieldwork Workshop is back for our 11th year.

February 23rd, 5:30
Sophia University Campus, Yotsuya
http://www.fla.sophia.ac.jp/about/location.html
Bldg. 10, room 301

"If I knew then, what I know now...: Reflections by recent Ph.Ds on their dissertation fieldwork."

Emma Cook (SOAS: irregular workers and masculinity) Horiguchi Sachiko (Oxford; hikikomori, med anthro) Ichinose Hiroki (Oxford: corporate training) Patrick Galbraith (Todai: capitalism/popular culture)

Each panelist will speak for about 20 minutes about their research, and then we will open for Q&A. Topics covered will include opening a fieldsite, crafting an effective research persona, balancing multiple sites, locating and handling informants, interviewing, participant observation, privacy and disclosure. (Future meetings will cover fieldnotes, use of technology, archival work, writing in the field, etc.) Beers after the session at Tengu or the Irish Pub around the corner.

Not only will this first session allow us to hear from the speakers, but it will also give everyone a chance to get to know each other a bit and introduce their own fieldwork, and to schedule speakers for our next meetings.

Drop me a line if you have questions. See you there.

David Slater
d-slater@sophia.ac.jp

About Japan Fieldwork Workshop
This is to invite fieldworkers of all ages and stripes to join our monthly meetings in order to share research literature and questions, methodologies and strategies, preliminary findings, and the joys and frustrations of fieldwork. We have been running since 2000 and any fieldworker is welcome to attend and present at our meetings, although usually presentations are from those in socio-cultural anthropology, cultural studies, media studies, qualitative sociology or politics-just as long as you are doing fieldwork.
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David H. Slater, Ph.D.
Faculty of Liberal Arts
Sophia University, Tokyo

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