Participant Observation and Phased Assertion as Research Strategies in the Canadian Arctic
Participant Observation and Phased Assertion as Research Strategies in the Canadian Arctic
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DOI:
10.1177/1525822x08330260
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发表时间:
2009-05-01
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影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Collings, Peter
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作者:
Collings, Peter
Participant observation is file basic and defining research strategy for cultural anthropologists, a useful tool for building rapport, establishing trust, and gaining all understanding of culture as experienced by its members. This article uses the author's experience working in an Inuil community in Canada to explore another use of participant observation: the acquisition of communicative competence. In small, bounded communities such as those in the Canadian Arctic, the development and display of cultural and communicative competence is necessary to overcome apathy and sometimes hostility toward researchers. Furthermore, establishment of these abilities allows of phased assertion as an interview probe. Phased assertion for the use a works not only as a delta collection technique, it reinforces communicative competence and improves informant rapport.