This paper describes the fieldwork experience in rural Ghana of a Ghanaian student studying in Canada. It provides a background of self-reflections that juxtapose the need to pay attention to the researcher's positionality and personality and how that can impact fieldwork and research outcomes. Recognizing that researchers' personalities have received less consideration in geographical qualitative research methodologies, this paper focuses on how both the researcher's positionality and personality can contribute to building rapport and sustaining relationships with the researched. I argue that while researchers' positionalities can influence access to research participants, personal traits form a backbone for building trust and sustaining relationships. I conclude that the research process can be rewarding if a common ground between the researcher and research participants is established. This can be created by building partnerships in the research process.

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以加纳的方式进行实地考察：在加纳农村进行研究的困境

本文描述了一名在加拿大学习的加纳学生在加纳农村的实地考察经历。它提供了一个自我反思的背景，将关注研究人员的定位和个性以及这如何影响实地工作和研究成果的需要并列在一起。认识到研究人员的个性在地理定性研究方法中得到的考虑较少，本文重点关注研究人员的位置和个性如何有助于与被研究者建立融洽关系和维持关系。我认为，虽然研究人员的立场可以影响研究参与者的访问，但个人特征构成了建立信任和维持关系的支柱。我得出的结论是，如果研究人员和研究参与者之间建立了共同点，那么研究过程可能是有益的。这可以通过在研究过程中建立伙伴关系来实现.