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What is the main relationship between reflexivity and the political character of research?
What is the main relationship between reflexivity and the political character of research?
What does the term “anthropologically strange” refer to in the context of Hammersley and Atkinson's work?
What does the term “anthropologically strange” refer to in the context of Hammersley and Atkinson's work?
Which of the following best describes the difference between topical and generic research problems?
Which of the following best describes the difference between topical and generic research problems?
What personal characteristic of the researcher does NOT commonly impact field relations?
What personal characteristic of the researcher does NOT commonly impact field relations?
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What is a potential benefit of having someone vouchsafe for a researcher in the field?
What is a potential benefit of having someone vouchsafe for a researcher in the field?
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Which ideas are commonly shared between naturalism and positivism?
Which ideas are commonly shared between naturalism and positivism?
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What is one of the key issues researchers face when 'leaving the field'?
What is one of the key issues researchers face when 'leaving the field'?
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What challenge do researchers encounter when accessing groups in public settings that are resistant to outsiders?
What challenge do researchers encounter when accessing groups in public settings that are resistant to outsiders?
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Study Notes
Short Answer Questions
- Reflexivity: Discuss the concept of reflexivity in research, connecting it to realism and the political nature of research. Outline how researchers can reconcile these elements.
- Anthropologically Strange: Define and explain the concept of "anthropologically strange" according to Hammersley and Atkinson.
- Topical vs. Generic Research Problems: Differentiate between topical and generic research problems, drawing on lecture and the assigned text.
- Researcher's Impact on Field Relations: Analyze how personal characteristics of researchers can affect field relations. Identify key characteristics mentioned in the text, using examples.
Benefits and Detriments of Vouching
- Vouching: Evaluate the potential benefits and drawbacks of having someone vouch for a researcher in the field, using specific examples from the assigned text.
Naturalism and Positivism
- Similarities: Identify shared aspects of naturalism and positivism.
Leaving the Field
- Challenges: Review the issues raised by the textbook regarding "leaving the field", including the challenges researchers face.
- Access to Groups: Discuss the challenges of accessing groups that might be present in public but not welcoming to researchers, or outsiders in general. Provide examples.
Concepts
- Foreshadowed Problem: Define a foreshadowed problem in research.
- Social Situation: Describe the social situation in research settings.
- Theoretical Sampling: Explain the concept of theoretical sampling.
- Cases and Settings: Discuss cases and settings in research.
- Sampling: Detail sampling techniques in research.
- Naturalism: Define naturalism.
- Critiques of Naturalism: Explain the critiques leveled against naturalism.
- Participant Scrutiny: Discuss participant scrutiny in research settings.
- Observer-Identified People: Explain the concept of observer-identified people.
- Backspace and Frontspace: Describe the concepts of backspace and frontspace.
- Covert vs. Overt: Distinguish between covert and overt research approaches.
- Natural Settings: Analyze the concept of natural settings.
- Complete Participant: Describe the role of the complete participant in research.
- Participant Reactivity: Define participant reactivity.
- Managing Marginality: Explain managing marginality in research settings.
- Post-structuralism: Define post-structuralism.
- Procedural Objectivity: Clarify procedural objectivity.
- Positivism: Define positivism.
- Member-identified People: Detail the concept of member-identified people.
- Major Tenets of Positivism: Discuss the major tenets of positivism.
- Realism: Define realism.
- Complete Observer: Describe the complete observer in research.
- Chicago School: Describe the Chicago school.
- Vouchsafing: Explain the concept of vouchsafing in research contexts.
- Gatekeepers: Describe the role of gatekeepers in research.
- Obstructive and Facilitative Relationships: Define obstructive and facilitative relationships in research.
- Passing: Explain the concept of passing in research.
- Civil Inattention: Describe civil inattention in research.
- Penetrating Informant's Fronts: Discuss penetrating informant's fronts.
- Politics of Ethnography: Explain the politics of ethnography.
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This quiz covers key concepts in research methodology, exploring reflexivity, the idea of 'anthropologically strange,' and the distinctions between topical and generic research problems. Additionally, it examines the impact of researcher characteristics on field relations and evaluates the role of vouching in research contexts. Perfect for students studying research methodologies in social sciences.
