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Conducting Qualitative Fieldwork During
COVID-19
Deborah Lupton
Vitalities Lab
Centre for Social Research in Health/Social
Policy Research Centre
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
UNSW Sydney
@DALupton
The Problem
You planned to
conduct fieldwork
using traditional
face-to-face
methods. Then
COVID-19 erupted.
Now
what?
Main
types of
methods
Traditionally face-to-face -
transforming into distance
methods
Born digital content 
already distance methods
Its not all about the
digital 
 Paper diaries
 Drawings
 Handwritten creative responses
 Mapping exercises
 Collages
 Letters
 Cultural probes
Send and return by snail mail or use email to
send photos of the artefacts. Can be followed up
with a phone or online discussion
Dont
forget the
ethical
implications
Privacy issues when
conducting fieldwork in shared
household spaces
Digital data privacy issues 
GDPR and more
Revised ethics applications
may need to be approved for
modifications to your protocol
Books on Innovative and
Creative Methods
 Braun, V., Clarke, V., & Gray, D. (2017). Collecting Qualitative Data: A
Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.

Kara, H. (2015) Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A
Practical Guide. Bristol: Policy Press.

Leavy, P. (2015) Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice. New
York: The Guildford Press.

Lenette, C. (2019) Arts-Based Methods in Refugee Research: Creating
Sanctuary. Singapore: Springer.

Martin, B. and Hanington, B. (2012) Universal Methods of Design.
Beverly: Rockport Publishers.

Pink, S. (2015) Doing Sensory Ethnography. 2nd edition. London: Sage.

Woodward, S. (2019) Material Methods: Researching and Thinking with
Things. London: Sage.
A Guided Tour of the
Resource
Doing Fieldwork in a
Pandemic  Google Docs

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Conducting Qualitative Fieldwork During COVID-19

  • 1. Conducting Qualitative Fieldwork During COVID-19 Deborah Lupton Vitalities Lab Centre for Social Research in Health/Social Policy Research Centre Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences UNSW Sydney @DALupton
  • 2. The Problem You planned to conduct fieldwork using traditional face-to-face methods. Then COVID-19 erupted. Now what?
  • 3. Main types of methods Traditionally face-to-face - transforming into distance methods Born digital content already distance methods
  • 4. Its not all about the digital Paper diaries Drawings Handwritten creative responses Mapping exercises Collages Letters Cultural probes Send and return by snail mail or use email to send photos of the artefacts. Can be followed up with a phone or online discussion
  • 5. Dont forget the ethical implications Privacy issues when conducting fieldwork in shared household spaces Digital data privacy issues GDPR and more Revised ethics applications may need to be approved for modifications to your protocol
  • 6. Books on Innovative and Creative Methods Braun, V., Clarke, V., & Gray, D. (2017). Collecting Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kara, H. (2015) Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide. Bristol: Policy Press. Leavy, P. (2015) Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice. New York: The Guildford Press. Lenette, C. (2019) Arts-Based Methods in Refugee Research: Creating Sanctuary. Singapore: Springer. Martin, B. and Hanington, B. (2012) Universal Methods of Design. Beverly: Rockport Publishers. Pink, S. (2015) Doing Sensory Ethnography. 2nd edition. London: Sage. Woodward, S. (2019) Material Methods: Researching and Thinking with Things. London: Sage.
  • 7. A Guided Tour of the Resource Doing Fieldwork in a Pandemic Google Docs