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Fieldwork in Religion Pub Date : 2022-05-19 DOI:10.1558/firn.22602

Eric Hoenes del Pinal

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Abstract

Ethnographic research involves coming to know a society’s culture and religion in several different ways both quantitative and qualitative. Interviewing, field recordings, systematic observation and the researcher’s own (inter-)subjective experiences are some of the most common methods of ethnographic data collection, but integrating these multiple methods is no mean task. Every method presents unique possibilities and problems for answering our research questions. A method that at first seems to be revealing can end up having limited applicability; and conversely, others that may at first blush seem shallow can end up leading to significant insights. This article argues for the necessity of critically assessing how data is produced and suggests that data emerges when the researcher learns how to view their experiences and observations in new ways.

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民族志研究涉及到以定量和定性的几种不同方式了解一个社会的文化和宗教。访谈、实地记录、系统观察和研究人员自己（相互）的主观经验是民族志数据收集的一些最常见的方法，但整合这些多种方法绝非易事。每种方法都为回答我们的研究问题提供了独特的可能性和问题。一种起初看起来很有启发性的方法最终可能适用性有限；相反，其他乍一看可能肤浅的东西最终可能会带来重大的见解。这篇文章认为有必要批判性地评估数据是如何产生的，并建议当研究人员学会如何以新的方式看待他们的经历和观察时，数据就会出现。

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Fieldwork in Religion RELIGION-

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期刊介绍： Fieldwork in Religion (FIR) is a peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journal seeking engagement between scholars carrying out empirical research in religion. It will consider articles from established scholars and research students. The purpose of Fieldwork in Religion is to promote critical investigation into all aspects of the empirical study of contemporary religion. The journal is interdisciplinary in that it is not limited to the fields of anthropology and ethnography. Fieldwork in Religion seeks to promote empirical study of religion in all disciplines: religious studies, anthropology, ethnography, sociology, psychology, folklore, or cultural studies. A further important aim of Fieldwork in Religion is to encourage the discussion of methodology in fieldwork either through discrete articles on issues of methodology or by publishing fieldwork case studies that include methodological challenges and the impact of methodology on the results of empirical research.