CRIM 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ethnography, Active Listening, Participant Observation
15 Apr 2016
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Keep open mind: locaing subgroups and stars. Diferent perspecives/ opinions; open doors (snowball sampling) Criical elements of ethnography: insider"s or naive"s perspecive of reality, recognize & accept muliple realiies, applies social scieniic perspecive to reality, nonjudgmental orientaion. Suspend personal values re: any give cultural pracice: keeping open mind, consider role of inter & intra cultural diversity. Types of observers: complete paricipant two techniques. No plans or analyze environment unil ater fact. Go intending to observe don"t inform paricipants. Oten use connecions to gain entry or create a lab seing: place / contextualize observaions in larger perspecive, consider how group / culture under study its with what is known re: other groups / cultures. Relaionship that are happening within and among paricipants. Symbols & rituals: more than simple descripion must contextualize to ind & explain meaning. Study people in natural seings: selecion & sampling. Start with a big net approach, observing everyone you can: entry.
