ANTHRO 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Structured Interview, Participant Observation, Informed Consent
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What role can social media and digital tools play in ieldwork. Review: history of ield methods, preparing for ethnographic study, qualitaive vs. quanitaive data, solicited vs. unsolicited data, paricipant observaion- essenial tool in the ield. Not like being a ly on the wall. Pen and paper are most important tools in the ield. Capture as many details as possible in notes: self-relexivity is very important (i. e. how does being a racial minority impact the society around you and how you conduct your research?) Only learn what you want to learn about: semi-structured. Broad idea about a topic (i. e. someone"s life story) Let conversaion low to wherever it goes; more open and natural; know about things you didn"t realize you didn"t think of: informal conversaions: deep hanging out . See what maters to people you"re spending ime with. Important to do this- learn more through this than through structured interview.
