Between Overt and Covert Research
Between Overt and Covert Research
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公开与秘密研究之间
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2006
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P. Lugosi
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P. Lugosi
本文考察了在郊区酒吧的人种学研究中出现的隐藏问题的方式，并考虑了在整个田野调查过程中如何披露研究目标、招募线人和获取信息。案例研究展示了社会背景和与特定线人的关系如何决定研究中的公开性或隐蔽性。本文认为，现有的关于隐蔽研究和隐蔽方法的文献为理解田野调查中的隐蔽提供了一个不恰当的参考框架。这篇文章说明了为什么隐藏有时是必要的，而且往往是不可避免的，并得出结论，对隐蔽方法的批评不应该阻止实地工作者从事涉及隐蔽的研究。
This article examines the ways in which problems of concealment emerged in an ethnographic study of a suburban bar and considers how disclosure of the research aims, the recruitment of informants, and elicitation of information was negotiated throughout the fieldwork. The case study demonstrates how the social context and the relationships with specific informants determined overtness or covertness in the research. It is argued that the existing literature on covert research and covert methods provides an inappropriate frame of reference with which to understand concealment in fieldwork. The article illustrates why concealment is sometimes necessary, and often unavoidable, and concludes that the criticisms leveled against covert methods should not stop the fieldworker from engaging in research that involves covertness.