Geographical Fieldwork in the 21st Century

<p>Fieldwork is a hallmark of geographical scholarship encompassing all the approaches by which we learn first-hand about the world. Too often though fieldwork details—the challenges the failures and methodological mash-up used—are left out of geographers’ published work. </p><p>This accessible collection brings together 18 of those too-often overlooked stories and reveals the ongoing vibrancy of geographical fieldwork today. The 32 authors span many of geography’s subfields and their work incorporates multiple methodological traditions: ethnographic digital archival mixed and more. </p><p>With short readable contributions <i>Geographical Fieldwork in the 21st Century</i> offers an ideal resource for students across the social sciences who are wrangling with the process of fieldwork. It shows fieldwork’s core attributes—innovation commitment and serendipity—are alive and well. But this collection also illustrates just how fieldwork is changing as our ability to learn about the world is shaped by new pressures of the 21st century neoliberal academy by the proliferation of new technologies and by the growing social demand for collaborative engaged and ethical scholarship.</p><p>The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal <i>Geographical Review</i>.</p>