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).
For the first three weeks of your field research, do not take photographs. I want you to experience the fieldsite visually, tactilely, and verbally without the intermediary interference of the camera. Get to know your field subjects and earn their trust.
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.
Photographs / Visual Fieldnotes
You are required to log all photographs that you have taken in the field. With a digital camera, it is possible to review all photos at the end of the day and write log notes, however it is best if you log the photos as you take them as it not always possible to remember everything.
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Filename or Roll # / Shot #: |
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| Location: |
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| Individuals visible: (underline if releases on file) |
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| Individuals not visible: |
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| Contact numbers: |
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| Camera/lens: |
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| Film: |
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| Aperture / shutterspeed: |
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| Description of event:
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