Field Guide for Research in Community Settings

Edited by M. Rezaul Islam, Professor, Institute of Social Welfare and Research, Niaz Ahmed Khan, Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah, Haris Abd Wahab and Mashitah Binti Hamidi, Department of Social Administration and Justice at the University of Malaya, Malaysia

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Field guide for research in communitysettings: tools, methods, challenges and strategies 1M. Rezaul Islam, Niaz Ahmed Khan, Siti Hajar Abu BakarAh, Haris Abd Wahab and Mashitah Binti Hamidi2 Challenges and solutions for collecting data in healthresearch: experiences of Australian doctoral and earlycareer researchers 11Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Alan Taylor, BelindaLunnay, Abraham Kuot, Hannah Wechkunanukul, OmarSmadi, Heath Pillen and Fathimath Shifaza3 Challenges with opening up closed off communities:interviewing ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in Israel 25Veronika Poniscjakova4 Ethnography research with Indonesian female factoryworkers: challenges and strategies in the field 34Mashitah Binti Hamidi5 “How can you be so naïve?” Negotiating insider statusamong co-ethnic migrants in global ethnographic fieldwork 50Hasan Mahmud6 Challenges and opportunities in conducting cross-countryPhD study: experiences of data collection in India and China 66Rajendra Baikady7 Researching the garment sector in Bangladesh: fieldworkchallenges and responses 75Sawlat Zaman8 Gaining access to research participants for data collectionin doctoral studies: evidence from a rural area of Bangladesh 85Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury, M. Rezaul Islam and Haris Abd Wahab9 The challenges and strategies of accessing hard to reachlocations during fieldwork data collection: the case ofnortheast Nigeria 101Nasa’i Muhammad Gwadabe and Adekunle Daoud Balogun10 Data collection on ‘smartphone addiction and social capitaleffects’ among the university students of Bangladesh:challenges and strategies for the way out 110Ashek Mahmud, M. Rezaul Islam and Hamedi M. Adnan11 Undercover fieldwork: a queer experience of healthcare inBangladesh 123Kanamik Kani Khan12 Ethical issues, challenges and solutions during fieldworkwith homeless elderly people of Malaysia and Pakistan 138Aqsa Qandeel and Welyne J. Jehom13 Field research in the conflict zone: an empirical study ofthe Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh 154Md. Rafiqul Islam14 Research with coastal people in Bangladesh: challengesand way forward 167Taj Sultana, Firuza Begham Binti Mustafa, Jillian OoiLean Sim and M. Rezaul Islam15 Data collection from the Santal community: a journeytowards an unknown world in ascertaining the nexusbetween reality and dream 178Munira Jahan Sumi, M. Rezaul Islam and Ramy Bulan16 Challenges in accessing rural area and managingsub-culture differences in Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia 194Maria Binti Mohd Ismail and Raja Noriza Binti Raja Ariffin17 Fieldwork experience: challenges and managing risks asa female researcher 201Bushra Zaman, M. Rezaul Islam and Rosila Bee Mohd Hussain18 Data collection on acid attack survivor women: a PhDresearcher’s experience from Bangladesh 211Tahmina Islam, M. Rezaul Islam and Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah19 Challenges, strategies, and way out techniques inconducting in-depth interviews among managers inMalaysian organizations 221Nafisa Kasem, Shahreen Mat Nayan, Kumaran A/lSuberamanian and Sedigheh MoghavvemiIndex

‘Occasionally, a particularly insightful work is published with much potential for fostering improved learning and application. This is such a book. The Field Guide offers vital guidance on conducting fieldwork across contexts for community-based work. I consider this essential reading for anyone involved in identifying community issues and potential solutions.’