Family and the field: Expectations of a field-based research career affect researcher family planning decisions - Christopher D. Lynn, Michaela E. Howells, Max J. Stein
Journal article - "Anthropology is a field-based discipline that utilizes a comparative approach to understand humanity. However, social and financial barriers may undermine intersectionality in the discipline and prevent some individuals from pursuing an anthropological career. We examined perceived stress and family-career balance among anthropologists and those training to become anthropologists with regard to SES, gender, and family planning decisions. To accomplish this, we used a convenience survey."
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0203500
The discussion includes an exceptional overview of how anthropology fieldwork is managed by parents, and how it influences careers.
Nice blog post discussing some of the details from a personal perspective by Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie - https://blogs.plos.org/ecology/2018/10/31/family-and-the-field/
These are a collection of narratives by people who have conducted fieldwork with their children (side-by-side, with a caregiver at a field site/station, or pumping). If you have a story you are willing to share we would love to post it, please see the Welcome post (first post) for more details. A number of wonderful parents have kindly offered to share stories during this summer, so please be sure to check back in for those.
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