Remote fieldwork with African migrant women during COVID-19 pandemic in London: a reflection
As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic unraveled, state-led preventative restrictions created a "new" normal through remote home-working. A long-planned follow-up qualitative research study on risk perceptions and experiences regarding Clay Ingestion among black African women duri...
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| description | As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic unraveled, state-led preventative restrictions created a "new" normal through remote home-working. A long-planned follow-up qualitative research study on risk perceptions and experiences regarding Clay Ingestion among black African women during pregnancy, in London, was disrupted as England went into lockdown. Against this backdrop, we shifted to remote data collection which raised pertinent concerns around access to technology and participant digital skills. We share our experiences of navigating through remote fieldwork during the pandemic with black African mothers with caring responsibilities as well as the extra burden of homeschooling, the challenges we encountered and how we mitigate these and the lessons learnt. Thus, drawing from our remote qualitative research experiences, we refer to notable examples of challenges, mitigating strategies applied and potential lessons to inform future practice. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:75552023-09-18T14:13:32Z https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/7555/ Remote fieldwork with African migrant women during COVID-19 pandemic in London: a reflection Madziva, Cathrine Chinouya, Martha J. 360 Social problems & services; associations As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic unraveled, state-led preventative restrictions created a "new" normal through remote home-working. A long-planned follow-up qualitative research study on risk perceptions and experiences regarding Clay Ingestion among black African women during pregnancy, in London, was disrupted as England went into lockdown. Against this backdrop, we shifted to remote data collection which raised pertinent concerns around access to technology and participant digital skills. We share our experiences of navigating through remote fieldwork during the pandemic with black African mothers with caring responsibilities as well as the extra burden of homeschooling, the challenges we encountered and how we mitigate these and the lessons learnt. Thus, drawing from our remote qualitative research experiences, we refer to notable examples of challenges, mitigating strategies applied and potential lessons to inform future practice. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-04 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/7555/1/fsoc-07-788180.pdf Madziva, Cathrine and Chinouya, Martha J. (2022) Remote fieldwork with African migrant women during COVID-19 pandemic in London: a reflection. Frontiers in Sociology, 7 (788180). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2297-7775 https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.788180 10.3389/fsoc.2022.788180 10.3389/fsoc.2022.788180 |
| spellingShingle | 360 Social problems & services; associations Madziva, Cathrine Chinouya, Martha J. Remote fieldwork with African migrant women during COVID-19 pandemic in London: a reflection |
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| title_short | Remote fieldwork with African migrant women during COVID-19 pandemic in London: a reflection |
| title_sort | remote fieldwork with african migrant women during covid 19 pandemic in london a reflection |
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