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Indeed, McCall and Simmons have discussed this aspect of the research process in the following terms: Once our organization or situation has been selected as the subject of a participant observation study and initial steps have been taken toward gaining entrée to it, the researcher will find himseif developing a suitable and comfortable blend of the research techniques at his disposal. (McCall and Simmons,1969, p. 61) This account raises questions about how a research topic is selected, how access is obtained and how the researcher establishes a series of field roles.
For commentary, see: Firth, R. ), Man and Culture (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul). Kuper, A. (1973), Anthropology and Anthropologists: British School, 1922–1972, (London: Allen Lane). Urry, J. (1972), ‘Notes and queries on anthropology and the development of field notes in British anthropology, 1870–1920’, Proceedings of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1972, pp. 45–57. Wax, M. (1972), ‘Tenting with Malinowski’, American Sociological Review, vol. 37, no. 1, pp.
R. (1964) (eds), Reflections On Community Studies (New York: Harper & Row). ON FIELD RESEARCH The basic texts and sets of readings reflect American writing in sociology and anthropology. D. : Sage). M. (1975), Doing Field Research (New York: The Free Press). Lofland, J. (1971), Analyzing Social Settings (New York: Wadsworth). Schatzman, L. L. (1973), Field Research: Strategies for a Natural Sociology (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall). Wax, R. (1971), Doing Fieldwork: Warnings and Advice (Chicago: University of Chicago Press).
