The immediate result of fieldwo1k is the acquisition of various kinds of documentaiy materials. A longatenn result is involvement 1n a 1ange of ethi’ cal questions and responsibilities. To whom does the material one brings home from the field belong? What obligations are there regarding privacy and
ownership issues? Who is owed what if material is used in a book or a record: ing or a documentary film? What obligations obtain toward other researchers working in the same area or on the same materials? Fieldwork is only one pair of a complex series of personal, intellectual, and ethical acts and decisions.
Bruce Jackson
See also Pairicipant’Observation Method.