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| Article Name : | | | Methodological Confusions and Challenges in Doing Field Work on Marginalised Communities in India | | Author Name : | | | B.V.Bhosale | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-676 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The paper primarily is based on ongoing extensive field work conducted under University Grants Commission sponsored- University with Potential for Excellence, University of Mumbai, under the scheme the project entitled “ Understanding Occupational Pursuits of Dalits in Maharashtra : Continuity and Change”, the focus of the project is on understanding the Charmakars and Dhors traditional occupation. The Universe of the study is Maharashtra, covering regions such as Solapur (Pimpalner, Mangal Vede, Barsi, Vairag), In Kolhapur (Kale, Bazar Bhogav, Malahar Peth, Savarde, Kanchanwadi, Yelewade, Jawahar nagar) and other regions such as Karnataka (Athni), Kanpur (Unnav, Jajmoh, Shuklaganj, Tejbagh, Kanpur central. Agra (Agra-Mathura road, Agra city) and Kolkata (Banthala, Topshila, Phulbagan, Kausba, Bechulal road, Sopan Mandal, and Michael Nagar) and Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai. The purpose of the paper is to reflect upon the changing nature of doing field work in the contemporary context, where the relations between field worker and the field has become more complex then what was in the past decades. | | Keywords : | | |
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