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Resources for Remote Research - Focus on South Asia

This is a collection of resources useful for graduate students and faculty who are conducting research during a pandemic often without any physical access for field work or in-person interactions with research participants

Field Work

Field work has changed now that there is a pandemic, but in some ways there are benefits to it: distance can sometimes make people more relaxed during interactions. Take advantage of it, since traditional field work will probably be one of the last academic fields to return to normal after the pandemic.

Doing Field Work in a Pandemic: A resource for guidance in doing field-based research online during the pandemic. From Brandeis University.

Adapting Research Methodologies in the Covid-19 Pandemic: This document is a comprehensive resource of methodological resources and current discussions on how to adapt research methodologies and data collection methods to the conditions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Remote Work Survival Toolkit: Crowd-sourced toolkit on how to plan working from home during the pandemic.

Ethnography in Pandemic Times:This article describes how the pandemic is switching interactions to online, and how that affects ethnographic work.

Webinars on Field-Work under Covid Constraints: Webinars from Syracuse University on how to conduct fieldwork and other ethnographic work during the pandemic.

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