Summary
Contents
Key Features: Example and Non-Example Boxes that explain how to complete the exercise as well as what not to do. Write-In Exercises that make this supplemental book act like a real field journal. Example Assignments that can be applied in any classroom setting or in an online environment. Self-Reflection Questions that encourage inner development and thought to better your research. Templates that can be used in your ethnographic research, like the Grant Application Template that can be used to apply to grants for your research! Conversational-style approach that make it easy to use and understand, whether you are a professor, student or professional. Easy-to-use and easy-to-transport book that will accompany your Ethnographic Research!
Writing Field Notes
Writing Field Notes
Introduction
As we discovered in the previous chapter, writing is a critical part of participant observation. Writing is half of ethnographic fieldwork, and it takes up a good deal of the researcher’s time. Field researchers will often write at least several hours of notes per day—sometimes you’ll spend more time writing up field notes than you spend “doing” participant observation. What exactly do you write down? Well, the truth! That is, the truth as you experience it, contextualized by your perspective and relationships.
Chapter Learning Objectives
Students will be able to do the following:
- Identify and correct writing pitfalls
- Inscribe their reality through selection and presentation
- Consider audience, stance, style, and perspective when writing narratives
- Write field notes and analytical memos
- Practice writing autoethnography
- At the end of Chapter 5, ...