Using Diaries - A Real Challenge for the Social Scientist

by Ozana Cucu-Oancea

This article is divided into two main parts and aims, on the one hand, at explaining the origins and chronology of the phenomenon called the "diary", and on the other hand, at the sociological aspects of its use and role in social research. It intends to shed a new light on the historical, methodological, epistemological and ethical challenges facing the social scientist when choosing to use diaries for qualitative knowledge of social life.

31st July 2019 • comment

Ethnographic Fieldwork Research Diary - Clubfoot Research in Malawi

by Sarah Drew

Sarah Drew shares her research diary about conducting ethnographic fieldwork in Malawi as part of a Clubfoot study.

16th March 2017 • comment