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Carrying out research is composed of two distinct activities:
1) The ethnographer enters into an unfamiliar social setting and gets to know the people involved in it.
Participant observation: includes participating in the daily routines of this setting and develops relationships with the people in it while making observations
2) The ethnographer takes field notes and jottings
which includes observations of new surroundings he/she learns while participating in the life of others in the setting, or field.
Ethnographers want to "get close" to the activities and experiences of other people
Ethnographers turn observations and experiences into written texts in different ways
They immerse into others' world in order to grasp what they experience as meaningful and important.
It involves both being with other people to see how they respond to events as they happen and experiencing for oneself these events and the circumstances that give rise to them
Jottings translate to be remembered observations written down quickly about actions and dialogue
Helpful for producing vivid, descriptive field notes
1) Jorge= at table doesnt introduce me to anyone
now only speaks in Spanish
chit chat-- whos playing
"they're not very good" -- apology
2) you can call his doctor at UCLA and
he can verify all this
I just don't call people on the
telephone-- courts don't operate that way--
iit has to be on paper
(or person)
The researcher works hard to establish a close relationship with the participants to be included in activities and therefore, it is recommended that the fieldworker informs the people in the setting of their research and the methods conducted
Both focus on scenes, observed actions and dialogue rather than on evaluation or psychological interpretation
Fieldworkers must rely upon interactional skills to judge whether or not taking jottings in the moment is appropriate
Strategies for how, where and when to jot notes changes with time spent in the setting and with different relationships formed between the fieldworker and the participants.
Decisions about when and how to take jottings must be considered in the context of the set of relations with those in the setting