field work

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All the field work we do points to absolute global adoption starting at the board level—not the IT level, where we usually saw past tech trends start.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

I’m a cultural anthropologist, and what we do is field work.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2025

In an October hearing, Diane Rafferty of the auditing firm Alvarez & Marsal, told the court that preliminary field work uncovered “inconsistencies in services offered due to a lack of clear standards.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

“He was quite up himself… so he wasn't a particularly popular person, but he was reasonably good at his job,” says John Pomeroy, who organised research field work for Crocodylus Park.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

Her life had always been strenuous—field work, internment, more field work on top of housework—but during this period under Mrs. Shigemura’s tutelage she had learned to compose herself in the face of it.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson