Sensing the Fieldwork / Teren uzmysłowiony
Journal Title: Etnografia. Praktyki. Teorie. Doświadczenia / Ethnography. Practices, Theories, Experiences - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
This text is an attempt to seek answers about field and its multi-sensory experience in research work and social activities. The work experience of Lab of Social Initiatives DYM was thus collected and described in order to define two categories of the field and the process of its perception.
Authors and Affiliations
Monika Masalon, Aleksandra Kulińska, Sylwia Bruna
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