Field Observation
Introduction
The Fieldwork Observation is a special column on our official WeChat account of the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS), Tsinghua University. It hereby calls for manuscripts from all faculty members and students of the institute, as well as external scholars with more than one year fieldwork experience in developing countries recommended by faculty of IIAS.
The Fieldwork Observation aims to reproduce the picture of fieldwork life from the perspective of area studies scholars, with a focus on readability, knowledge or enjoyment. It shall embody certain academic and thoughtful contents for area studies researchers and the general public interested in developing countries or areas to appreciate.
The scope of this column is inclusive and pluralistic, including the process, methods, and theories in the fieldwork of Area studies; it can be based on empirical information, interesting field stories, field notes, methodological reflections on fieldwork and theoretical reflections on fieldwork, or other reflections and critiques on fieldwork. For example, study visits stories in developed/developing countries, community observations, fieldwork essays, life lessons of fieldwork, fieldwork stories, interesting fieldwork stories, fieldwork notes, fieldwork life trivia in developing countries, or observations and reflections on a hot topic or a major issue in a certain area, etc.
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Issue 1 Table of Contents
| No. | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Li Yuqing | A Firefly Drifted into My Room |
| 02 | Fu Congcong | Changing Symbol of Meru-roof Mosque in Malacca: A Field Reflection |
| 03 | Liu Lanyu | Gold Coin Phenomenon：Buying Gold Coin in Iran |
| 04 | Xu Peiyuan | My Chilean Grandmothers and Landlords |
| 05 | Ding Chenxi | The Hidden Corner: The Visibility of Transgressions and Self-censorship in Moroccan Society |
| 06 | Ma Yue | What is the Experience of Attending a Traditional UAE Wedding? |
| 07 | Guo Xunyu | Painting and Colors: An American Town in the Pandemic and Protest |
| 08 | Qi Tengfei | Trapped Stories in Kenya Custom and Law Court |
| 09 | Wang Tao | Tradition and Modernity: Looking for the “Nomadic Factor” in Kyrgyz Society |
| 10 | Xie Weining | Tradition or Crime: Bride Kidnapping —— a Social Myth in Kazakhstan |
| 11 | He Yan | Unveiling the Mystery of Jaffna Peninsula: From Bullet Holes to Moderization |
| 12 | Li Lianxing | The Evolution of the “Ibadan School”: A Dialogue in the Field |
| 13 | Xiao Qijia | A Chinese Girl’s Barbecue Business in Tanzania（Part 1） |
| 14 | Lei Dingkun | Fortunate in Misfortune: A Rebirth after a Car Accident |
| 15 | Wang Shiao | First Time in the Andes: A Short Visit to Bogotá |
| 16 | Feng Lida | The First Field Study: A Journey to the NYARUGUSU Refugee Camp in Tanzania |
Issue 2 Table of Contents
| No. | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yang Chongsheng | Linguistic Observation and Effective Communication in the Fieldwork in South Africa |
| 02 | Wang Shujian | Encountering Africa in Paris: My Hausa Training in France |
| 03 | Li Yin | Is Mexico a Dangerous Country?——Rethinking Public Safety and Its Governance |
| 04 | Jiang Yuan | Field Notes: Tigray Region, Peaceful Once |
| 05 | Jiang Qi | The Varieties of Morocco’s Society |
| 06 | Gao Liangmin | A Charming “Other”: The Story of My Tanzanian Landlord |
| 07 | Liu Lanyu | Iranian Personalism: Doing Anything outside the Family |
| 08 | Liang Kongkong | Supra——Getting into Traditional Georgian Feast |
| 09 | Yuan Mengqi | Everyone Deserves a “Techo”: My Experience of Building Home for Those in Need in Argentina |
| 10 | Liu Boyu | The City of God: Field Notes from Rio de Janeiro |
| 11 | Tang Xiyuan | The Story of a Field Survey in the Southern Industrial Zone of Yaounde, Cameroon |
| 12 | Xiong Xinghan | From the End of the World to the Past Days of Games: the Basketball Memories in France, USA and Madagascar |
| 13 | Xiao Qijia | A Chinese Girl’s Barbecue Business in Tanzania（Part 2） |
| 14 | Zeng Jiahui | A Land under Thousands of Gods |
Issue 3 Table of Contents
| No. | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Tang Yongyan | “Beep Paging”and“Uncle Potato” in Cuba |
| 02 | Gao Liangmin | Hometown Sentiments: The Other Side of the HIV/AIDS‘s Story in Tanzania |
| 03 | Zhu Fangfang | Time, Reality and Fear in Maldives Islands |
| 04 | Xiao Qijia | Ideal Business: The Chinese Presence in Tanzania’s Tourism Industry |
| 05 | Mei Hualong | A Hebrew Major and His Family in East Jerusalem: A 9-month Adventure |
| 06 | Liu Boyu | Nomads under the Dark Starry Sky-The Stories of Two Young Brazilians |
| 07 | Li Jiafang |
Why the Malawians Are not Willing to Wear Masks to Prevent and Control the Pandemic of COVID-19 ? |
| 08 | Zhou You | My Impression of Kyiv: Between Russia and the West |
| 09 | Wang Lingqi | Asking for Directions in West Bengal |
| 10 | Li Guaiqiong | When Dar es salaam City Encountered with COVID-19 |
| 11 | Duan Jiuzhou |
From Cairo to Addis Ababa: Observation on Ethiopian Renaissance Dream from Multiple Perspectives. |
Issue 4 Table of Contents
| No. | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Liu Lanyu | Like Someone on the Road toWar |
| 02 | Gao Liangmin | The Story of a TanzanianFemale Colleague |
| 03 | Yuan Mengqi | Culture and Traditions of Yerba Mate from Argentina |
| 04 | Qi Tengfei | One Railway One Country-KenyaRailway and Colonial Reminiscences |
| 05 | Wang Keke |
The Days of A Chinese Girl atNeruda Poetry Club-Bridge of China-Chile Literary Exchange* |
| 06 | Xie Weining | Kazakhstan’s Fight AgainstCOVID-19: Prejudice and Pride |
| 07 | Yao Ying |
Experiencing Myanmar’sDemocratic Transition from within: Volunteer Teaching at the University ofYangon |
| 08 | Yang Guang | “Stomach” away from Home: TheStranger in Chengdu and Tel Aviv |
| 09 | Tang Xiyuan | Between Imagination andReality-A Research Trip about Investing in Gabon |
| 10 | Wang Tingyi | Kingdom of Religion: Salahand Ramadan in Saudi Arabia |
| 11 | Shi Jing | Impression Kura River: AMeander into Caucasus Landscape |
| 12 | Ke Liya | Police Stories: A KazakhstanVersion |
| 13 | Tang Yongyan | The Remodeled Cuban Cuisineand A Gourmet in Cuban Kitchen (Part 1) |
| 14 | Fu Congcong |
Interethnic Relations,Reproduction and Globalization: HainaneseChicken Rice from Southeast Asia (Part 1) |
Issue 5 Table of Contents
| No. | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Xiong Xinghan | Greeting Cards, Notebooks and Reflection on Fieldwork Ethics |
| 02 | Li Gaominghui | Beirut in the Dark |
| 03 | Yao Ying | Learning by Doing: Performing Survey Experiments in Myanmar |
| 04 | Shi Jing | Once Upon a Time in Moscow |
| 05 | Gao Liangmin | From Warrior to Watchman: My brother of Maasai’s story in Tanzania |
| 06 | Liu Bei | International Volunteer’s Social Work in Laos: Bonding Emotion with Natives |
| 07 | Duan Jiuzhou | Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the prism of Harvard: Between campus and field |
| 08 | Li Yuqing | Journey to Utopia ——A Workers’ Village in Thailand |
| 09 | Dong Hui | Mixed Language in a Small Society: Observations and Practices on the Linguistic Ecology of a Chinese Company’s Camp in the DRC |
| 10 | Fu Congcong | Interethnic Relations, Reproduction and Globalisation: Hainanese Chicken Rice from Southeast Asia (Part 2) |
| 11 | Tang Yongyan | The Remodeled Cuban Cuisine and a Gourmet in Cuban Kitchen (Part 2) |
Issue 6 Table of Contents
| No. | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 00 | Editorial Office | Preface – Conducting fieldwork: Area Studies scholars return to the Global South. |
| 01 | Gao Liangmin | How I arrived at the Other’s world in an uncertain context of COVID-19 |
| 02 | Zhang Renye | My Field Work on the Way to Uganda |
| 03 | Wang Shujian | My First Experience of Field Research in Lagos |
| 04 | Zhao Liang | The Dream of Annapurana: an honored experience on financing the Porkhara International Airport Project |
| 05 | Xia Fangbo | My Story of Battling Noise in Jakarta |
| 06 | Feng Lida | First impressions of Ghana: the diverse Accra |
