%0 Book Section %A Amir, Dorsa %A Boyette, Adam H. %A Cristia, Alejandrina %A Crittenden, Alyssa %A Dzabatou, Ardain %A Gurven, Michael %A Kandza, Vidrich H. %A Kanngiesser, Patricia %A Ndlovu, Nokwanda %A Pope-Caldwell, Sarah %A Schaefer, Marie %A Taverna, Andrea %+ Culture Cooperation and Child Development Research Group, Department of Human Behavior Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society Culture Cooperation and Child Development Research Group, Department of Human Behavior Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society %T Preparing for the field : %G eng %U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0011-2AD3-0 %R 10.11647/obp.0440.05 %D 2025 %* Review method: peer-reviewed %X This chapter aims to help readers prepare for going to ‘the field’—
the location(s) where data will be collected. We discuss starting
a new field site, collaborating at established sites, and practical
strategies for building and maintaining ties to the field site
longitudinally. Throughout, we emphasize that developing trusting
relationships with the community is critical to ethical research
practice and essential for good science. Starting from this principle,
we review the practical strategies for relationship-building and
establishing ethical research practices, especially in regard to
work with children and in settings with little to no infrastructure
for research oversight. Also, personal experiences and practical
aspects of conducting research are presented, including: obtaining
permissions to conduct research with ‘human subjects’, developing
rigorous consent procedures, writing codes of conduct for research
staff, data storage and access concerns, staying safe and healthy in
the field, and designing comprehensive and ethical budgets.
%B A Field Guide to Cross-Cultural Research on Childhood Learning: Theoretical, Methodological, Practical, and Ethical Considerations for an Interdisciplinary Field %E Lew-Levy, Sheina; Asatsa, Stephen %P 163 - 198 %I Open Book Publishers %C Cambridge %@ 978-1-80511-467-3