CMN 3103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Autoethnography, Carolyn Ellis, Cultural Artifact

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3103
• Professor: Peruvemba Jaya

Document Summary

Bronislaw malinowski: argonauts of the western pacific, published in 1922. Evan pritchards: published in 1937 witchcraft, oracles and magic. Among the azande, and later studies of the nuer peoples. William foote whyte: streetcorner society published in 1943. The reason why we use triangulation is to get at a case from all ends of a triangle, from all angles and methods. o! Getting at something from multiple angles or methodologies to be able to get a clearer picture. Subjective motivation: based on personal experiences or identification with the research topic. Very often practical issues take over while researching. Become familiar with the people being studied o! Researcher presence without causing undue group interference o! Intentional misidentification: you may represent yourself intentionally to become invisible and then assumed role could be taken as real: e. g If you want to enter into a drug dealing gang, and take on that role, it could be problematic if that is taken for real.