Beyond the unobtrusive observer: Reflections on researcher-informant relationships in urban ethnography

被引:39
作者
Lawlor, MC
Mattingly, CF
机构
[1] Univ So Calif, Dept Occupat Sci & Occupat Therapy, Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA
[2] Univ So Calif, Dept Anthropol, Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA
关键词
qualitative method; rapport;
D O I
10.5014/ajot.55.2.147
中图分类号
R49 [康复医学];
学科分类号
100215 ;
摘要
Ethnographic research involves the creation and ongoing renegotiations of relationships between researchers and informants. Prolonged engagement contributes to the complexity as relationships deepen and shift over time and participants accumulate a substantial reservoir of shared experiences. Reflections about the relationships we have co-constructed with informants in several research projects have contributed to our identification of several critical aspects of building and maintaining researcher-informant relationships in cross-cultural research. Aspects of relationship work specifically related to conducting ethnography with children, within the communities in which researchers live, and within the practice of occupational therapy are discussed.
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页码:147 / 154
页数:8
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