What is another word for fieldwork?

Pronunciation: [fˈiːldwɜːk] (IPA)

Fieldwork is the term used to refer to research work that is conducted in a physical setting outside of a laboratory or office space. The term "fieldwork" has become widely recognized and accepted, but there are several other phrases that can be used interchangeably to describe this type of research. Some synonyms for the term "fieldwork" include outdoor research, on-site research, in-the-field research, experiential research, and practical research. Each of these phrases is used to convey the idea that research is being conducted in a physical location rather than a controlled environment. Despite the differences in wording, all of these phrases indicate that research is being conducted beyond the confines of an academic setting.

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  • Equivalence

  • Independent

    • Adjective
      fact-finding, field-based, on-the-ground, field-level.
    • Proper noun, singular
      Boots.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      work, field-based.
  • Other Related

    • Proper noun, singular
      field.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      field.

What are the hypernyms for Fieldwork?

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Usage examples for Fieldwork

And what did that fellow Andresen want coming up to Sellanraa of Sundays, to talk fieldwork with Isak?
"Growth of the Soil"
Knut Hamsun
It is true that they had a disproportionate loss of men, and in their first encounter with the enemy did not always keep a firm front, and showed the rapid alternations of cowardice and courage which are peculiar to young troops; but called together from the plough and the workshop, badly clothed, badly armed, and little drilled as they were, they had in the very beginning to go through all the severe fieldwork of veteran troops.
"Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II."
Gustav Freytag

Famous quotes with Fieldwork

  • If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research.
    Alan Dundes
  • Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant.
    Alan Dundes
  • There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research.
    Alan Dundes
  • Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated following an airplane crash twelve years ago.
    Richard Leakey
  • The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is all over.
    Margaret Mead

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