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Field Research When There Is Limited Access to the Field: Lessons from Japan

2022; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 56; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s1049096522000932

1537-5935

Kenya Amano, Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, Timothy Fraser, Étienne Gagnon, Trevor Incerti, Jinhyuk Jang, Charles T. McClean, Austin M. Mitchell, Sayumi Miyano, Colin Moreshead, Harunobu Saijo, Diana E. Stanescu, Ayumi Teraoka, Hikaru Yamagishi, Charmaine N. Willis, Yujin Woo, Charles Crabtree,

Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods

ABSTRACT How can scholars conduct field research when there is limited access to the field? This article first identifies how limited and uncertain field access can affect field research and then provides recommendations to address these challenges. We focus on conducting field research in Japan because of our substantive expertise, but we believe that the problems and solutions outlined in this article are applicable to a broad range of countries. Our hope is that this article contributes to the developing literature on conducting research during times of emergency and to the larger literature on best practices for field research.