LEARNING TO DO FIELD RESEARCH: INTIMACY AND INQUIRY IN SOCIAL LIFE.

The paper documents the reasons for the reluctance of fieldworkers to formalize and codify their methods of data creation. While these reasons are not directly challenged, it is asserted that the conventional emphasis on the experimental foundation of fieldwork practice may usefully be replaced by a consideration of its communicational and interactional foundations. Some implications for the teaching and learning of fieldwork are outlined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]