"Cherchez le Chercheur" No. VI There is a mutual fascination that link children and fieldworker. For the kids, the researcher's presence forms a welcomed entertainment. They have an astonishing capacity for integrating this curious element in their midst. For the fieldworker, children are amusing and outspoken narrators, brilliant observers, language teachers, spreader of rumours, etc. But are they reliable informants?

Though kids are also likely to become the most annoying, disturbing and devastating element during fieldwork - time-consuming, demanding and full of gossip. Beware of those who are about to squat your valuable privacy, just like these kids did, too...

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