The social psychology of access in ethnographic research
The social psychology of access in ethnographic research
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DOI：
10.1177/0891241603255677
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发表时间：
2003-10-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Harrington, B
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作者：
Harrington, B
本文运用社会心理学理论来统一和扩展人种学研究中现有的获取概念，即研究人员通过与参与者的人际关系收集数据的过程。虽然这个过程被认为是民族志实践的核心，但对获取的理解是分散的。对民族志方法文献的回顾，以及出版的民族志中的“田野故事”，表明根据社会身份和自我呈现理论重新构建这些部分是适当的。这为民族志方法文献做出了两大贡献。首先，它整合了获取问题的现有表述，其中许多采用了社会心理学概念，但与理论之间没有明确的对话，或者彼此之间没有明确的对话。其次，它允许我们以新的视角看待该领域当前的争议，使权力和身份的概念复杂化，同时提供了更多关于这些过程在实践中如何运作的具体信息。
This article uses social psychological theories to unify and expand current conceptions of access in ethnographic research-the process by which researchers gather data via interpersonal relationships with participants. Although this process is acknowledged as central to the practice of ethnography, understanding of access is fragmented. A review of the ethnographic methods literature, along with "tales of the field" from published ethnographies, suggests the appropriateness of reframing these segments in terms of social identity and self-presentation theories. This makes two major contributions to the ethnographic methods literature. First, it integrates present formulations of the access problem, many of which employ social psychological concepts but are not in explicit dialogue with the theories-or with each other Second, it allows us to take afresh perspective on current controversies in the field, complicating notions of power and identify while offering more specificity about how these processes operate in practice.