fieldwork
fieldwork
Definition
field·work (fēld′wʉrk′)
noun
- any temporary fortification, as an earthen barrier, made by troops in the field
- the work of collecting scientific data in the field, as by a geologist or botanist
field′·work′er noun
fieldwork
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- undertake: The unit will undertake fieldwork for five case studies in Scotland, of which three will be ' intensive ' .
- conduct: I also conduct occasional fieldwork foraging for more Scottish dinosaur material from the Isle of Skye.
- involve: The project can be library based or can involve fieldwork.
- integrate: Example 2: Fieldwork in science and environment Here the CETL demonstrates excellence in integrating fieldwork with class-based teaching.
Preposition: in
- geography: An agenda for the development of fieldwork in geography is outlined.
Adjective modifier
- ethnographic: The ethnographic fieldwork lasted from the 17 th July to the 24 th July 2001.
- anthropological: Other activities such as the conduct of anthropological fieldwork are relegated, on this account, to an insignificant footnote.
- archeological: It has been a full season for books on archeological fieldwork with a personal ' memoir ' feel about them.
- Antarctic: Crosbie and Nimon continued to work on doctoral theses arising from their Antarctic fieldwork.
- geological: Difficult for photography but ideal for the geological fieldwork I was doing!
- intensive: She has carried out intensive fieldwork among the social and political elites of Rajasthan and has published on ritual and kingship.
Modifies a noun
- placement: Can your service provide extra fieldwork placements to help us to produce a high quality OT workforce?
- educator: These arrangements allow for more flexible systems to be used to prepare fieldwork educators for their role.
- publication: What form do you think fieldwork publications should take - what should be included in them?
- investigation: Geography Geography studies our natural environment by using theory, project work and fieldwork investigations.
- technique: Popular with the students, where they undertake a range of different fieldwork techniques.
- project: I remember doing a fieldwork project whilst doing my degree.
Noun used with modifier
- geography: The problems of maintaining geography fieldwork with increased student numbers is outlined.
- dissertation: More information on dissertation fieldwork safety is available on our Health and Safety webpages. [ OUCE Only ] Copyright © 2006 School of Geography.
- undertaking: The course has given me a great deal of enjoyment, both inside the classroom and when undertaking fieldwork.
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