Participant Observation : A Guide for Fieldworkers

Qualitative research in such diverse areas as anthropology, sociology, education, nursing, and medical research draws on the insights gained through the use of participant observation for gaining greater understanding of phenomena from the point of view of participants. This book serves as a basic p...

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Main Author: (DeWalt), Kathleen Musante
Other Authors: DeWalt, Billie R
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Blue Ridge Summit : AltaMira Press, 2010
Edition:2nd ed
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505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: What is Participant Observation? -- The Method of Participant Observation -- History of the Method -- Why Participant Observation Is Important -- Enhancing the Quality of Data Collection and Analysis -- Formulating New Research Questions -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Learning To Be A Participant Observer: Theoretical Issues -- Learning To Be a Participant Observer -- Observation and Participation -- Participation and Observation: An Oxymoron in Action? -- What Determines the Role a Researcher Will Adopt? -- Limits to Participation? -- Beyond the Reflexivity Frontier -- Participant Observation on the Fast Track -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Doing Participant Observation: BECOMING A PARTICIPANT -- Entering the Field -- First Contact -- Establishing Rapport -- Breaking Through -- Talking the Talk -- Walking the Walk -- Making Mistakes -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The Costs Of Participation: Culture Shock -- Coping with Culture Shock -- Participating and Parenting: Children and Field Research -- Reverse Culture Shock (Reentry Shock) -- Note -- Chapter 5: Doing Participant Observation: Becoming An Observer -- The Role of Theory and Conceptual Frameworks -- Taking the Observer Role -- Attending to Detail: Mapping the Scene -- (Participatory) Community Mapping -- Counting -- Attending to Conversation -- Field Notes as a Training Tool for Observation -- Seeing Old Events with New Eyes -- Practicing and Improving Observation and Memory -- What to Observe -- Just Experiencing -- Limits to Observation -- Ethnographer Bias -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Gender And Sex Issues In Participant Observation -- The Gendered Ethnographer -- Up Close and Personal: Sex in the Field -- Note -- Chapter 7: Designing Research With Participant Observation -- Participant Observation and Research Design 
505 8 |a Appendix: Sample Field Notes From Three Projects -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors 
505 8 |a Fundamentals of Design of Participant Observation -- Objectivity -- Reliability -- Elements of Design -- Choosing a Question -- Appropriate Questions -- Choosing a Site -- Appropriate Methods and the Benefits of Triangulation -- Enhancing Representativeness: Sampling in Participant Observation -- Proposing Participant Observation -- Research Objectives -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Informal Interviewing In Participant Observation -- Types of Interviews -- Interview Techniques -- Active Listening -- Sensitive Silence -- The Uh-huh Prompt -- Repetition Feedback -- Summary Feedback -- Asking Questions in Interviewing -- Tell Me More -- For Clarification -- Naive Questions -- Avoiding Confrontation -- Changing Topics -- Talking About Sensitive Subjects -- Concluding an Interview -- Notes -- Chapter 9: Writing Field Notes -- History -- Kinds of Field Notes -- Jot Notes -- Expanded Notes: Field Notes Proper -- Methodological Notes -- Diaries and Journals -- Logs -- Meta-notes/Analytic Notes -- Headnotes -- Field Notes in Virtual Research -- How to Record -- Research Integrity: Who Owns the Field Notes -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Analyzing Field Notes -- Process of Data Analysis -- Managing Qualitative Data -- Data Reduction -- Approaches to Indexing -- Coding for Themes -- Coding for Characteristics -- Managing Coding and Indexing -- Word Searches -- Data Display -- Quotes -- Vignettes and Cases -- Tables and Matrices -- Charts -- Decision Modeling -- Interpretation and Verification -- Audit Trails -- Writing Up -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Ethical Concerns In Participant Observation -- Need for Competency -- The Meaning of Informed Consent in Participant Observation -- Right to Privacy -- Ethical Conduct of Participant Observation in Online Settings -- Ethical Publication -- Relationships -- Ethics and the Limits to Participation -- Note 
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