Contemporary Oral Literature Fieldwork : A Reseacher's Guide.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Pictires -- List of Maps -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- Orality and Literacy -- Oral Literature as Verbal Art -- Oral Literature and Tradition -- Oral Literature as History -- Functionality of Oral Literature -- Growth of Oral Literature Scholarship in Kenya -- The False Step -- Anyumbaism in Kenyan Oral Literature Tradition -- 2. Research in Oral Literature -- Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods -- Demystifing Fieldwork -- Multidisciplinary in Oral Literature -- Fieldwork Defined -- Responsibilities of a Fieldworker -- Oral Literature and Globalization -- Importance of Fieldwork -- Critical Ethnography -- Exploratory Fieldwork -- Intensive Fieldwork -- Supervised Fieldwork -- Independent Fieldwork -- Home-based Fieldwork -- Outward-bound Fieldwork -- 3. Theory and Oral Literature -- Theory and Scholarship -- Theory in Oral Literature -- Traditional Theories of Oral Literature -- Modern Theories of Oral Literature -- 4. Methodology in Oral Literature -- Methodology and Oral Literature Research -- Observation Method -- Structured and Unstructured Interview Methods -- Fieldwork Design -- Fieldwork Preparatory Phase -- Fieldwork Phase -- Post-Fieldwork Phase -- Qualities of a Consumate Fieldworker -- Fieldwork Participants -- Lead Researcher's Check-list -- Field Research Assistants -- Field Local Assistant -- Research Driver -- Fieldwork Accountant -- Fieldwork and Wellness -- Literature Review and Sampling -- Rapport Building -- Fieldwork Documentation -- Interview Method -- Transcription and Translation -- Performance Settings -- Importance of Methodology -- 5. Documentation, Preservation and Access -- Performance and Memory -- Archiving Oral Texts -- Disconnect between Researchers and Archivists.

University of Nairobi and Archiving of Oral Text -- Archivists and Neutrality -- Digital Technology and Archiving -- Ong and Secondary Orality -- Importance of Digitalization -- Challenges of Digitalization -- 6. Data Analysis -- Oral Literature Criticism -- Transcription and Translation -- Data Analysis -- Coding in Oral Literature -- Textualization in Verbal Art -- Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software -- Report Outline -- 7. Fieldwork Ethics, Challenges and Strategies -- Ethics and Oral Literature -- Ethics and Reciprocity -- Omondi Tawo the Bard -- Ethics and Accountability -- Ethics and Informed Consent -- Managing Expectations -- Non-Compensation School -- Self-Compensation -- Fieldwork in Conflict Zone -- Ethical Dilemmas -- Ethics and Creative Deception -- Release Form A -- Release Form B -- Other Fieldwork Challenges -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.

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