SOAN 2120 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ethnomethodology, Explicit Knowledge, Tacit Knowledge

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2120
• Professor: D Walters

Document Summary

!1: eld researchers use the skills of careful looking and listening, short-term memory, and regular writing. Thursday, november 17, 2016: eld research begins with a general topic, not speci c hypotheses. Must be well informed but open to discovering new ideas: researcher must know himself/herself and re ect on personal experiences selecting a site and entering, where to observe. A researcher selects a site (context in which events or activities occur, a socially de ned territory with shifting boundaries), then identi es cases (social relationships or activities) to examine within it. Three factors that are relevant when choosing a site are richness of data (more interesting), unfamiliarity (unfamiliar setting), and suitability. Physical access to a site can be an issue depending if its an open and public area, or if it is closed and private: level of involvement. Eld researchers must expect to negotiate with gatekeepers and bargain for access strategy for entering: planning.