{"product_id":"mothering-from-the-field-the-impact-of-motherhood-on-site-based-research-9781978800564","title":"Mothering from the Field: The Impact of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe heated national conversation about gender equality and women in the workforce is something that women in academia have been concerned with and writing about for at least a decade. Overall, the conversation has focused on identifying how women in general and mothers in particular fair in the academy as a whole, as well as offering tips on how to maximize success. Aside from a long-standing field-specific debate in anthropology, rare are the volumes focusing on the particulars of motherhood’s impacts on how scientific research is conducted, particularly when it comes to field research.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMothering from the Field\u003c\/i\u003e offers both a mosaic of perspectives from current women scientists’ experiences of conducting field research across a variety of sub-disciplines while raising children, and an analytical framework to understand how we can redefine methodological and theoretical contributions based on mothers’ experiences in order not just to promote healthier, more inclusive, nurturing, and supportive environments in physical, life, and social sciences, but also to revolutionize how we conceptualize research.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Upending the common assumption that being a field researcher and mother are incompatible, this important volume not only provides insightful tips for merging parenthood and site-based research, but it also reveals the varied ways that caregiving for children can actually strengthen our connections in the field and provide a valuable lens for understanding and interpreting our data. \u003ci\u003eMothering from the Field\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable resource for field researcher-mothers across the academy.” -- Shannon Elizabeth Bell * field researcher-mother of two and author of Fighting King Coal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Mothering From the Field\u003c\/i\u003e provides just the right mix of academic research on women in field- work-intensive fields, discussion of the institutional responsibilities of the academy, cautionary tales of the struggles of combining parenting and field work, and (to me) most importantly, practical 'can do' advice on how to do 'what needs to be done.'  I recommend taking this book and your kids (and a sturdy stroller) and going for it!\" -- Rachel Connelly * co-author of Professor Mommy: Finding Work-Family Balance in Academia *\u003cbr\u003e\"Selected New Books on Higher Education\" compiled by Ki-Jana Deadwyler and Ruth Hammond \u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher\/246666 * Chronicle of Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e“Upending the common assumption that being a field researcher and mother are incompatible, this important volume not only provides insightful tips for merging parenthood and site-based research, but it also reveals the varied ways that caregiving for children can actually strengthen our connections in the field and provide a valuable lens for understanding and interpreting our data. \u003ci\u003eMothering from the Field\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable resource for field researcher-mothers across the academy.” -- Shannon Elizabeth Bell * field researcher-mother of two and author of Fighting King Coal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Mothering From the Field\u003c\/i\u003e provides just the right mix of academic research on women in field- work-intensive fields, discussion of the institutional responsibilities of the academy, cautionary tales of the struggles of combining parenting and field work, and (to me) most importantly, practical 'can do' advice on how to do 'what needs to be done.'  I recommend taking this book and your kids (and a sturdy stroller) and going for it!\" -- Rachel Connelly * co-author of Professor Mommy: Finding Work-Family Balance in Academia *\u003cbr\u003e\"Selected New Books on Higher Education\" compiled by Ki-Jana Deadwyler and Ruth Hammond \u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher\/246666 * Chronicle of Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MÉLANIE-ANGELA NEUILLY AND BAHIYYAH MIALLAH MUHAMMAD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I\u003c\/b\u003e Women and Mothers Doing Field Research:\u003cbr\u003e What Do We Know?\u003cb\u003e 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MÉLANIE-ANGELA NEUILLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e Women Working in the Field: Perspectives from STEM and Beyond \u003cb\u003e11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e KELLY WARD, LISA WOLF-WENDEL, AND LINDSEY MARCO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e Fieldwork and Parenting in Archaeology \u003cb\u003e27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e STACEY L. CAMP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e The Truth Is, It Will Be Hard: The Difficulties of Doing Field Research for Mothers \u003cb\u003e43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BAHIYYAH MIALLAH MUHAMMAD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e Malaria and Spider-Man: Conducting Ethnographic Research in Niger with a Three-Year-Old\u003cb\u003e 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e KELLEY SAMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4\u003c\/b\u003e Birthing in the Field \u003cb\u003e62\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e LYDIA ZACHER DIXON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5\u003c\/b\u003e Looking at the Field from Afar and Bringing It Closer to Home \u003cb\u003e76\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CECILIA VINDROLA-PADROS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III \u003c\/b\u003eTeamwork Makes the Dream Work: The Importance of Networks and Family Support\u003cb\u003e 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BAHIYYAH MIALLAH MUHAMMAD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e Parenting through the Field: Criminal Justice Ethnography, Cinematography, and Field Photography in Africa with Our Babies \u003cb\u003e91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BAHIYYAH MIALLAH MUHAMMAD AND MUNTAQUIM MUHAMMAD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 \u003c\/b\u003ePrivilege, (In)Competence, and Worth: Conflicting Emotions of the Student-Mom and Her Support Community \u003cb\u003e108\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e GRACE KARRAM STEPHENSON, JOHN STEPHENSON, AND JOANNE FLORENCE KARRAM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e8\u003c\/b\u003e Fathering in Support of Fieldwork: Lactation and Bourgeois Feminism (and More Privileged White People’s Problems) \u003cb\u003e124\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BRIAN C. WOLF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV\u003c\/b\u003e This Too Shall Pass: Field Research before, during, and after Motherhood \u003cb\u003e135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MÉLANIE-ANGELA NEUILLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e9\u003c\/b\u003e Lactating in the Autopsy Room: Mothering from the Field When the Field Is a Morgue and Your Child Is a Nursing Infant \u003cb\u003e139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MÉLANIE-ANGELA NEUILLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e10\u003c\/b\u003e Fieldwork Adventures on the Mommy Track \u003cb\u003e155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ANNE HARDGROVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e11\u003c\/b\u003e Mommy in the Field: Raising Children and Breeding Plants\u003cb\u003e 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e KIMBERLY GARLAND CAMPBELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V\u003c\/b\u003e What Is the Field, Anyway? Mothers Redefining Field Methodologies \u003cb\u003e181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MÉLANIE-ANGELA NEUILLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e12\u003c\/b\u003e Entangled Knowledge: On the Labor of Mothering and Anthropological Fieldwork \u003cb\u003e185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e SARAH KELMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e13\u003c\/b\u003e “Manman, Poukisa Y’ap Rele M Blan?” (Mama, Why Are They Calling Me a White?): Research and Mothering in Haiti \u003cb\u003e201\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MARYLYNN STECKLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e14\u003c\/b\u003e Birthing the Social Scientist as Mother\u003cb\u003e 222\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e DEIRDRE GUTHRIE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e15\u003c\/b\u003e Two Notes on Bringing Children Other Than Your Own in the Field \u003cb\u003e239\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e APRILLE ERICSSON, DAWN ERICSSON PROVINE, ARIELLE ERICSSON WHITE, MIKAE PROVINE, PIERRE ERICSSON, BAHIYYAH MIALLAH MUHAMMAD, AND MÉLANIE-ANGELA NEUILLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI \u003c\/b\u003ePractical Solutions to Complex Problems: Because Mothers Can Do Anything!\u003cb\u003e 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BAHIYYAH MIALLAH MUHAMMAD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e16\u003c\/b\u003e “I Don’t Know How You Do It!”: Countering a Narrative That Presumes That Researching and Mothering Are Incompatible \u003cb\u003e253\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e RYANNE PILGERAM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 \u003c\/b\u003eEthnographic Research in Africa: The Hidden Costs of Conducting Fieldwork for Mothers with Children\u003cb\u003e 264\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BAHIYYAH MIALLAH MUHAMMAD\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cb\u003e272\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BAHIYYAH MIALLAH MUHAMMAD AND MÉLANIE-ANGELA NEUILLY\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cb\u003e 281\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors \u003cb\u003e283\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003cb\u003e293\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49415225737559,"sku":"9781978800564","price":28.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781978800564.jpg?v=1730526326","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mothering-from-the-field-the-impact-of-motherhood-on-site-based-research-9781978800564","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}