This case study discusses qualitative fieldwork among ethnic minority university students in Malaysia. Active marginalization is taking place in this country due to the enforced differential treatment of ethnic groups, favoring the ethnic Malay majority. In this context, students are forced to choose university education as a conscious means of social navigation. The trends in ethnic differentiation and higher education led to investigating how and why young Indians in Malaysia are using the university to pursue a life strategy. Given the importance of field context in designing and analyzing research based on a qualitative methodology, conscious reflection on research design and objectivity is when doing fieldwork. This case study will discuss such reflections. Emphasis throughout is given to applied qualitative methodology and its contributions to the social sciences, in particular having to do with relational, emotional, and ethical issues associated with interviewing and personal observation. Although the empirical setting of this case is Southeast Asia, the various discussions and interrelatedness of methodology, theory, and empirical reflections will prove applicable to field studies throughout the world. [This content is provided in the format of an e-book.]