Sexuality and danger in the field: starting an uncomfortable conversation

2015/01/01 by Imogen Clark, Clark, Imogen, Andrea Mariko Grant +1
Social Sciences · #Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

paper · doi:10.5287/ora-erxoqx4jv

openalex publication_date 2015/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

This special issue on ‘Sexuality and Danger in the Field ’ is intended to start an uncomfortable conversation. It attempts to discuss, in a frank and honest manner, how fieldwork can involve a number of unexpected dangers and risks for the inexperienced fieldworker, especially if that fieldworker is female. As first-year anthropology undergraduates quickly learn,

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