Insider-Outsider: Researchers in American Indian Communities
Insider-Outsider: Researchers in American Indian Communities
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局内人-局外人：美洲印第安人社区的研究人员
DOI：
10.1207/s15430421tip3903_7
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发表时间：
2000
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Donna Deyhle
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文献类型：
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作者：
B. Brayboy;Donna Deyhle
LL研究，就其本质而言，是政治性的。从学术界到人们真实的生活的跨越边界充满了紧张和误解。定性研究者必须不断地意识到我们研究的对象如何看待我们，以及我们如何看待他们。定性研究，特别是人种学，依赖于我们作为观察者所看到的，以及我们在研究中被参与者所告诉的。这并不总是一条无缝的道路，有时研究人员会被那些认为自己不值得或不值得信任的参与者“阻挡”，无法获得当地的“内幕”信息。研究人员的政治动机可能会受到研究参与者的质疑，这些参与者可能是少数民族社区的成员，也可能是学校官员或公司高管，他们有理由相信这项研究对改善他们的情感、社会、政治或经济状况没有什么帮助。这一挑战在以下问题中得到了回应：你为什么要做这项研究？谁将从结果中受益？
LL RESEARCH, BY ITS VERY NATURE, is political. Crossing borders from the academic to the real lives of people is fraught with tensions and misunderstandings. Qualitative researchers must continually be aware of how those we study view us as well as how we view them. Qualitative research, and especially ethnography, relies on what we, as observers, see and what we are told by the participants in our research studies. This is not always a seamless path. Sometimes researchers are "blocked" by participants who decide they are unworthy or not to be trusted with local "insider" information. The political motives of the researcher can be questioned by research participants-who could range from members of a minority community to school officials or corporate executives-who have reason to believe the study will contribute little to the betterment of their emotional, social, political, or economic situation. This challenge becomes echoed in questions such as: Why are you doing this research? and Who will benefit from the results?