When: Each day you are in the field
How: E-mail or physical copy in Anthro department mailbox within 2 days
of field site visit
You will be asked to provide fieldnotes based on your field research for each day in the field. Fieldnotes are usually mostly fairly raw and descriptive with some analytical comments at the end. Fieldnotes should be roughly three to four single-spaced pages in length (4-8 doublespaced).
Fieldnotes will not be graded per se but completing them satisfactorily contributes 10% of your final course grade. Keep a running total of the time spent in the field as well money spent.
The structure of the fieldnotes should include:
Date/Time: October 12, 2003
Location: Hamline High Rise
Informants Contacted: Bao, Kay (PHA Supervisor), Ramon, Estelle, Peter
Hours Spent in Field: 4 hours. Running total = 16 hours
Expenditures: Bus fare $2.25, Soda pop $1 = $3.25. Running total = $23.16.
Attachments: List the names of any audio or video tapes of any tapes you might have recorded or the roll numbers / folder name of any photographs you may have taken.Notes: What happened while you were there. Who did you talk to. blah blah blah.
Analysis/Discussion: Link this in with theory and issues that are emerging in class. blahblah
Remember that fieldnotes are confidential but have been subpoenaed.
Use pseudonyms and otherwise protect your informants.