Academic disciplines have cultures, too: intercultural challenges for interdisciplinary researchers in the field

David S. A. Guttormsen; Petra Poljsak-Rosinski; Htwe Htwe  Thein; Trifon Pavkov; Katarina Brkovic; Michael Gillan

Academic disciplines have cultures, too: intercultural challenges for interdisciplinary researchers in the field

David S. A. Guttormsen, Petra Poljsak-Rosinski, Htwe Htwe Thein, Trifon Pavkov, Katarina Brkovic, Michael Gillan

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his chapter advances that academic disciplines exhibit their own cultures, which may lead to intercultural challenges for interdisciplinary researchers conducting fieldwork. Drawing from social anthropologist Agar’s ‘interpretive frame’ and the accumulated experiences of six scholars conducting field research in Bulgaria, Germany, Myanmar and the US, across more then ten academic disciplines/subject areas, the chapter analyses how, and why, aforesaid challenges may hamper the prospect of a successful field-study. The chapter provides practical recommendations concerning how to prepare, and potentially alleviate, such challenges.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Field Guide to Intercultural Research
Editors	David S. A. Guttormsen, Jakob Lauring, Malcolm Chapman
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing
Chapter	15
Pages	179–193
ISBN (Electronic)	9781788970129
ISBN (Print)	9781788970112
Publication status	Published - 19 Jan 2021

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