Field guide for research in community settings : tools, methods, challenges and strategies / edited by M. Rezaul Islam, Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, [and four others]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to the field guide for research in community settings: Tools, methods, challenges and strategies / M. Rezaul Islam, Niaz Ahmed Khan, Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah, Haris Abd Wahab and Mashitah Binti Hamidi -- 2. Challenges and solutions for collecting data in health research: Experiences of australian doctoral and early career researchers / Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Alan Taylor, Belinda Lunnay, Abraham Kuot, Hannah Wechkunanukul, Omar Smadi, Heath Pillen and Fathimath Shifaza -- 3. Challenges with opening up closed off communities: Interviewing ultra-orthodox jewish communities in Israel / Veronika Poniscjakova -- 4. Ethnography research with indonesian female factory workers: Challenges and strategies in the field / Mashitah Binti Hamidi -- 5. "how can you be so na�ive?" negotiating insider status among co-ethnic migrants in global ethnographic fieldwork / Hasan Mahmud -- 6. Challenges and opportunities in conducting cross-country phd study: Experiences of data collection in India and China / Rajendra Baikady -- 7. Researching the garment sector in Bangladesh: Fieldwork challenges and responses / Sawlat Zaman -- 8. Gaining access to research participants for data collection in doctoral studies: Evidence from a rural area of Bangladesh / Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury, M. Rezaul Islam and Haris Abd Wahab -- 9. The challenges and strategies of accessing hard to reach locations during fieldwork data collection: The case of northeast nigeria / Nasa'i Muhammad Gwadabe and Adekunle Daoud Balogun -- 10. Data collection on 'smartphone addiction and social capital effects' among the university students of Bangladesh: Challenges and strategies for the way out / Ashek Mahmud, M. Rezaul Islam and Hamedi M. Adnan -- 11. Undercover fieldwork: A queer experience of healthcare in Bangladesh / Kanamik Kani Khan -- 12. Ethical issues, challenges and solutions during fieldwork with homeless elderly people of Malaysia and pakistan / Aqsa Qandeel and Welyne J. Jehom -- 13. Field research in the conflict zone: An empirical study of the chittagong hill tracts in Bangladesh / Md. Rafiqul Islam -- 14. Research with coastal people in Bangladesh: Challenges and way forward / Taj Sultana, Firuza Begham Binti Mustafa, Jillian Ooi Lean Sim and M. Rezaul Islam -- 15. Data collection from the santal community: A journey towards an unknown world in ascertaining the nexus between reality and dream / Munira Jahan Sumi, M. Rezaul Islam and Ramy Bulan -- 16. Challenges in accessing rural area and managing sub-culture differences in kuala krai, kelantan, Malaysia / Maria Binti Mohd Ismail and Raja Noriza Binti Raja Ariffin -- 17. Fieldwork experience: Challenges and managing risks as a female researcher / Bushra Zaman, M. Rezaul Islam and Rosila Bee Mohd Hussain -- 18. Data collection on acid attack survivor women: A phd researcher's experience from Bangladesh / Tahmina Islam, M. Rezaul Islam and Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah -- 19. Challenges, strategies, and way out techniques in conducting in-depth interviews among managers in Malaysian organizations / Nafisa Kasem, Shahreen Mat Nayan, Kumaran A/l Suberamanian and Sedigheh Moghavvemi -- Index.

"This insightful book offers practical advice to fieldworkers in social research, enabling robust and judicious applications of research methods and techniques in data collection. It also outlines data collection challenges that are commonly faced when working in the field. Authors address key strategies to tackle the major challenges to fieldwork, including advice on using indigenous or innovative skills and making intelligent use of the advantages already available within standard research methodologies. International contributors provide a hands-on account of research methodologies as applied in the field, with particular focus on research ethics and community culture and interactions. The book offers a number of useful case studies, featuring examples of the application of research techniques in different cultural and socioeconomic contexts. Utilising an innovative and dynamic 'story telling' method, this book will be a useful research tool for fieldworkers engaging in social science research in community settings, as well as students in the field learning the core techniques of fieldwork"-- Provided by publisher.