Table 1 Striking a balance between following a structured and systematic approach on the one hand, and responding flexibly to particular eventualities on the other
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What kind of preparation is needed to start to build the strategies and capabilities necessary to do fieldwork
with a flexible and open attitude in challenging situations, in order to get understandings and contribute to
academic knowledge? This question is too big for us to tackle thoroughly here. Instead, we end with a
summary of some of the implications for our conceptualisation of fieldwork time for different stages in the
research.