KP290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: George Herbert Mead, Ethnomethodology, Naturalistic Observation
1 Nov 2018
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The data are descriptive (words not numbers) Data are collected from natural settings (not laboratories) The researcher is the instrument used to collect the data (not the equipment) The researchers are concerned with the process, not the outcomes (doesnt matter if. Data are analyzed inductively (collect rst, ask later) Meaning is essential (concerned with waht the participatns in the study feel/ think) Attempt to understand life through the eyes of the participant. The researcher must rid hist. her mind of preconceptions about the particiaptns. Gestures (verbal and non-verbal) made by people are considered to be symbols . People act based on symbolic meanings they nd within any given situation. Language is itself a symbolic form, which is used to anchor meaning to the symbols. The goal of our interactions with one another is to create shared meaning trhough symbols. How do people create and understand life.
