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Exploring Literate Lives: Returning to the Field
Author(s) -
Henderson Robyn,
Woods Annette
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12149
Subject(s) - ethnography , sociology , field (mathematics) , data collection , field research , educational research , research methodology , social science , media studies , anthropology , population , mathematics , pure mathematics , demography
The challenges of conducting lengthy fieldwork in today's busy academic world have impacted the types of research that are able to be carried out. In particular, traditional educational ethnography has become problematic for research beyond initial doctoral research programs. This article analyzes data collected during a return to the field of a study about literate lives, 11 years after the initial data collection. It considers the implications of exploring people's lives over time.