Fieldwork
noun
The practical work done by researchers in the natural environment, rather than in a laboratory or office.
The geology students are going on a fieldwork trip to study volcanic rocks.
Often appears as...
- fieldwork studies
- fieldwork research
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Academic
noun
The part of a military fortification constructed in the field, usually of earth or other natural materials.
The army set up their fieldwork on the outskirts of the city for protection.
Often appears as...
- military fieldwork
- fieldwork construction
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Formal
noun
The hands-on activity and observations normally carried out in various geographical locations by geographers and students.
A critical component of studying geography is conducting fieldwork to understand the Earth’s features.
Often appears as...
- geographical fieldwork
- fieldwork observations
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Academic
noun
The practical work done by researchers in the natural environment, rather than in a laboratory or office.
The geology students are going on a fieldwork trip to study volcanic rocks.
Often appears as...
- fieldwork studies
- fieldwork research
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The part of a military fortification constructed in the field, usually of earth or other natural materials.
The army set up their fieldwork on the outskirts of the city for protection.
Often appears as...
- military fieldwork
- fieldwork construction
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The hands-on activity and observations normally carried out in various geographical locations by geographers and students.
A critical component of studying geography is conducting fieldwork to understand the Earth’s features.
Often appears as...
- geographical fieldwork
- fieldwork observations
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Active Participation
Fieldwork involves actively doing tasks, not just reading about them.
They conducted fieldwork by taking soil samples themselves.
Pro Tip 2/3Outside Routine Spaces
Fieldwork takes place outside traditional learning or professional environments.
Our fieldwork on the riverbank revealed rare plant species.
Pro Tip 3/3Real-World Application
Fieldwork applies theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios.
In fieldwork, we tested the physics theory in real situations.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Participation
Fieldwork involves actively doing tasks, not just reading about them.
They conducted fieldwork by taking soil samples themselves.
Pro Tip 2/3Outside Routine Spaces
Fieldwork takes place outside traditional learning or professional environments.
Our fieldwork on the riverbank revealed rare plant species.
Pro Tip 3/3Real-World Application
Fieldwork applies theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios.
In fieldwork, we tested the physics theory in real situations.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Participation
Fieldwork involves actively doing tasks, not just reading about them.
They conducted fieldwork by taking soil samples themselves.
Pro Tip 2/3Outside Routine Spaces
Fieldwork takes place outside traditional learning or professional environments.
Our fieldwork on the riverbank revealed rare plant species.
Pro Tip 3/3Real-World Application
Fieldwork applies theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios.
In fieldwork, we tested the physics theory in real situations.
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125th Anniversary...
fieldwork what's the longest you've gone without a shower uh uh you know probably about a month because Mongolia happens to be quite a dry place a lot of a lot of the time so it's been it's been up to a month at times and it's kind of difficult because in Mongolia you know and when somebody said hello to you they
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Food Security in an...
fieldwork that went on behind that and the combination of the science and technology that goes to make that work more effectively and anything we can do to encourage on anything all of you can do can encourage that I think will make a significant difference to the US and
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
background had a great colony of gannets which our guide said we could easily reach with an inflatable dinghy we decided to postpone that idea you know with fieldwork you always have to improvise and sometimes you end up with really interesting meant to you
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Jared Diamond: How...
where I've been doing my fieldwork for the past 50 years, and most other sedentary traditional societies around the world. In those societies, older people are cared for. They are fed. They remain valuable. And they continue to live in the same hut
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How we look kilometers...
I said, "Yeah, but I was looking at a computer screen." So when you think about this type of fieldwork, don't think about images like this. Think about images like this. This is a radargram, which is a vertical profile through the ice sheet,
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Can love and independence...
of Black artistry and creativity. Here, her work garnered enough support to fund research trips through the South, where she collected stories and folktales from Black Americans. By 1937, her fieldwork had taken her all the way to Haiti,
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Jared Diamond: Lessons...
farming societies where I've been doing my fieldwork for the past 50 years and many other sedentary traditional societies around the world in those societies all the people are generally cared for the affair they remain
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Inside the new Old World...
something very tangible about these alien worlds and that makes them very special to me I am resurrecting this particular ecosystem through my fieldwork in the Sahara scouring the
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Let's scan the whole...
I've done archaeological fieldwork all over the world, so I thought I knew what to expect venturing into the jungle, but I was wrong. For the first time in my life, I might add.
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Capturing Endangered...
hypothesis was that we were already hearing xqc tikal and we said know it but and we captured all the sounds we could in our fieldwork and line them up
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125th Anniversary...
fieldwork what's the longest you've gone without a shower uh uh you know probably about a month because Mongolia happens to be quite a dry place a lot of a lot of the time so it's been it's been up to a month at times and it's kind of difficult because in Mongolia you know and when somebody said hello to you they
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Food Security in an...
fieldwork that went on behind that and the combination of the science and technology that goes to make that work more effectively and anything we can do to encourage on anything all of you can do can encourage that I think will make a significant difference to the US and
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
background had a great colony of gannets which our guide said we could easily reach with an inflatable dinghy we decided to postpone that idea you know with fieldwork you always have to improvise and sometimes you end up with really interesting meant to you
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Jared Diamond: How...
where I've been doing my fieldwork for the past 50 years, and most other sedentary traditional societies around the world. In those societies, older people are cared for. They are fed. They remain valuable. And they continue to live in the same hut
Video examples
How we look kilometers...
I said, "Yeah, but I was looking at a computer screen." So when you think about this type of fieldwork, don't think about images like this. Think about images like this. This is a radargram, which is a vertical profile through the ice sheet,
Video examples
Can love and independence...
of Black artistry and creativity. Here, her work garnered enough support to fund research trips through the South, where she collected stories and folktales from Black Americans. By 1937, her fieldwork had taken her all the way to Haiti,
Video examples
Jared Diamond: Lessons...
farming societies where I've been doing my fieldwork for the past 50 years and many other sedentary traditional societies around the world in those societies all the people are generally cared for the affair they remain
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Inside the new Old World...
something very tangible about these alien worlds and that makes them very special to me I am resurrecting this particular ecosystem through my fieldwork in the Sahara scouring the
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Let's scan the whole...
I've done archaeological fieldwork all over the world, so I thought I knew what to expect venturing into the jungle, but I was wrong. For the first time in my life, I might add.
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Capturing Endangered...
hypothesis was that we were already hearing xqc tikal and we said know it but and we captured all the sounds we could in our fieldwork and line them up
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Alan Dundes
American Educator
If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research.
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Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
Before doing fieldwork in Middle Egypt, I analyzed satellite imagery to determine exactly where I wanted to go. Within three weeks, I found about 70 sites. If I had approached this as a traditional foot survey, it would have taken me three and a half years.
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Greg Graffin
American Musician
I got interested in palaeontology and vertebrate history - sparked by books on human evolution - then vertebrate evolution. Studying with palaeontologists kindled my interest in fieldwork.
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Alan Dundes
American Educator
Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant.
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Greg Graffin
American Musician
I guess rock stars are role models for the kids who listen to that music. My role models have all been geologists - you know, the guys who are doing fieldwork until they're 70.
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Alan Dundes
American Educator
There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research.
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Richard Leakey
Kenyan Environmentalist
Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated following an airplane crash twelve years ago.
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Margaret Mead
American Scientist
The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is all over.
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Alan Dundes
American Educator
If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research.
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Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
Before doing fieldwork in Middle Egypt, I analyzed satellite imagery to determine exactly where I wanted to go. Within three weeks, I found about 70 sites. If I had approached this as a traditional foot survey, it would have taken me three and a half years.
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Greg Graffin
American Musician
I got interested in palaeontology and vertebrate history - sparked by books on human evolution - then vertebrate evolution. Studying with palaeontologists kindled my interest in fieldwork.
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Alan Dundes
American Educator
Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant.
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Greg Graffin
American Musician
I guess rock stars are role models for the kids who listen to that music. My role models have all been geologists - you know, the guys who are doing fieldwork until they're 70.
Quote examples
Alan Dundes
American Educator
There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research.
Quote examples
Richard Leakey
Kenyan Environmentalist
Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated following an airplane crash twelve years ago.
Quote examples
Margaret Mead
American Scientist
The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is all over.
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