Open AccessQualitative Field Research in Anthropology. An Overview of Basic Research Methodology
Author(s) -
Bojan Žikić
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
etnoantropološki problemi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-8801
pISSN - 0353-1589
DOI - 10.21301/eap.v2i2.7
Subject(s) - qualitative research , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , vulnerability (computing) , field (mathematics) , field research , ethnography , anthropology , engineering ethics , medicine , computer science , engineering , family medicine , computer security , mathematics , pure mathematics
Methodology of qualitative anthropology study is presented, as it was used in investigating HIV/HCV vulnerability in Belgrade injecting drug users and sex workers, as well in documenting lives of people living with HIV. Fieldwork techniques, ethical considerations, and some wider contribution of research of this type to the health issues particularly have been reviewed.