Table of Contents:

• Before You Leave: A Guide to Preparation
• Human Subjects
• Background Research
• Contacts
• In the US
• In your country of research
• What to Take
• Gifts
• Officialdom
• Audio Recording Equipment
• Video Recording
• Links
• Travel Preparation
• Visas and passports
• Immunizations
• Government travel warnings
• When You Get There: A Cushion for Culture-shock and Tips on Data Collection
• Conducting Fieldwork
• Consultants
• Payment
• Elicitation
• First Steps
• Things to check
• Downloadable Questionnaires and Surveys
• When You Return: Maintaining Contacts and Dealing with Your Data
• Maintaining Contacts
• Data organization and analysation software
• The Ethics of Fieldwork