Thursday, August 28, 2014
ethnographies
Clarification of terminology is important- methodology is a set of guidelines, while methods are techniques to gather and analyze data. It seems that methodologies are not clear cut, they do overlap; at this point it is hard for me to know for sure which guidelines go with which methodology.
I understand that there are several aspects that guide a researcher on what methodology or approach to take: 1) the research question; 2)the inquiry type(subjective or investigative); 3)the epistemological and ontological orientation of the researcher.
I was wondering if I could do a research study starting from a subjective view point (auto-ethnographic) view point and then expand ethnography to other people to investigate their view point and experience with regards to one particular cultural situation. Would that be a comparative hermeneutic quasi ethnographical study?
I was wondering if any of you had a chance to read something along the lines I just described.
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Nicoleta - lots of autoethnographies also contain interviews. Often through interviewing others is how we come to understand our own experience. An autoethnographer might start with interviewing other people and from there begin to use those interviews to make personal experience more meaningful. Interviews could also be done throughout. So the "comparative hermeneutic quasi ethnographical study" isn't necessary. Plus, I am quite sure that isn't really a thing... ;-) but it sounds fancy.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, there are studies like this out there. I have listed a few below as examples. The last one is a dissertation done by a friend of mine that I think is a good example of what you are describing. The link will take you to the full text.
Han, Y. (2012). Grief and work: The experience of losing a close coworker by cancer. Journal of Management Inquiry, 21(3), 288-296.
Powell, K. (2008). Drumming against the quiet: The sounds of Asian American identity in an amorphous landscape. Qualitative Inquiry, 14(6), 901-925.
Scott, J.-A. (2013). Problematizing a researcher's performance as "insider status": An autoethnography of "designer disabled" identity. Qualitative Inquiry, 19(2), 101-115.
Prewitt, Tanya Raquel, "More than Pretty Faces and Mini Skirts: An Autoethnographic Story of Female Sport Hostess Experience. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2010.
http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/740
Dr. Davis, now that I read the recommended articles on autoethnography, it makes more sense that autoethnography doesn't necessarily involve one voice but that of many so that one could make sense of one's existence , experience and knowledge. I really liked Prewitt's evocative and powerful autoethnographic journey.
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