Conducting ethnographic fieldwork with children presents anthropologists with particular challenges and limitations, as well as rewards and insights.

Catherine Allerton is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Introduction Catherine Allerton, London School of Economics, UK1. Different Childhoods, Different Ethnographies: Encounters in Rwanda Maja Haals Brosnan, London School of Economics, UK2. 'Difficult' Children: Ethnographic Chaos and Creativity in Migrant Malaysia Catherine Allerton3. Paths to the Unfamiliar: Journeying with Children in Ecuadorian Amazonia Natalia Buitrón-Arias, London School of Economics, UK4. The Exemplary Adult: Ethnographic Failure and Lessons from a Chinese School James Johnston, London School of Economics, UK5. Learning to be a Child in Greater London Anne-Marie Sim, University of Oxford, UK6. Questions and Curiosities, Ignorance and Understanding: Ethnographic Encounters with Children in Central India Peggy Froerer, Brunel University, UK7. Protectors and Protected: Children, Parents and Infidelities in a Mexican Village Zorana Milicevic8. Awkward Encounters: Authenticity and Artificiality in Rapport with Young Informants in China Ole Johannes Kaland, NLA University College, Norway9. Growing Close Where Inequalities Grow Large? A Patron for Qur'anic Students in Nigeria Hannah Hoechner, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium10. Understanding the Indefensible: Reflections on Fieldwork with Child Prostitutes in Thailand Heather Montgomery, Open University, UK11. Guide to Further Reading, Catherine AllertonSelect Bibliography Index