SOAN 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Street People, Bronisław Malinowski, Explicit Knowledge
16 Feb 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Participant observation research: questions such as (cid:498)gang leader of a day(cid:499) video. Trying to understand a social or cultural environment. Background: participant observation study of gangs in the us. Getting trust (generally challenging at the beginning) Adjust his behaviour to gain their trust. Group was uncertain of letting him in (at first) Observes ordinary events and everyday activities as they happen in natural settings, in addition to any unusual occurrences. Becomes directly involved with the people being studied and personally experiences the process of daily social life in field setting. Acquires an insider point of view while maintaining the analytic perspective. Observes ongoing social processes without upsetting, disrupting or imposing an outside point of view: ethnographers cannot change the environment. Copes with high levels of stress, uncertainty, ethical dilemmas, and ambiguity: certain ones like the gang video, another example: observation in the uc- observing the area around the.
