GEOG 2260 Lecture Notes - Participant Observation
11 Apr 2013
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Pure observation: accurate watching & noting of phenomena as they occur. Participant observation: taking part in the context (observing & experiencing) Conducting numerical inventory (ex: number of people in the gym: complementing. Add descriptive information (ex: describe people in terms of characteristics: contextualizing. Construct in-depth interpretation (ex: ask why certain people are found in. Process the gym: 3-stage process in which researcher somehow: Experiences community under study to take on their worldviews & ways of life. Makes sense of this via writing up account of community"s circumstances/experiences. Depends on & impacts what, where, when, with whom, for how long . Access issues give hints about community: roles. Covert hiding and watching (nobody knows) Range of activities (ex: hanging around, joining conversation, living with family, etc. ) Researchers as intelligent, sympathetic, non-judgmental listener & observers : data. Using field notebook (data & its interpretation)
