AAD 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Explicit Knowledge, Tacit Knowledge, Social Skills
12 Aug 2015
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Legal and political barriers to access, laws and regulations in institutions (schools, hospitals, prison: ethics review boards may limit field research on ethical grounds. Entering the field and establishing social relations w/members. Because the specific focus of research may not emerge until later in the research process or may chance, it"s best to avoid being locked into specifics by gatekeepers. Gatekeeper: someone with the formal or informal authority to control access to a site. Ex. gang leader, hospital administrator, owner of a business. Bargain w/them for access: negotiating: social relations are negotiated and formed throughout the process. occurs w/each new member until a stable relationship develops to gain access, develop trust, obtain infor, and reduce hostile reactions. Deviant groups and elites often require special negotiations for gaining access: disclosing: how much to reveal of themselves, build trust and relationship or lose privacy.
