1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461979803321

Autore

DeWalt Kathleen Musante

Titolo

Participant observation [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for fieldworkers / / Kathleen M. DeWalt and Billie R. DeWalt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011

ISBN

9786613912541

6613912549

1-283-60009-9

0-7591-1928-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Classificazione

305.8001 DEW

Altri autori (Persone)

DeWaltBillie R

Disciplina

305.8001

Soggetti

Participant observation

Ethnology - Fieldwork

Sociology - Fieldwork

Social sciences - Fieldwork

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: What is Participant Observation?; The Method of Participant Observation; History of the Method; Why Participant Observation Is Important; Enhancing the Quality of Data Collection and Analysis; Formulating New Research Questions; Notes; Chapter 2:  Learning To Be A Participant Observer: Theoretical Issues; Learning To Be a Participant Observer; Observation and Participation; Participation and Observation: An Oxymoron in Action?; What Determines the Role a Researcher Will Adopt?; Limits to Participation?

Beyond the Reflexivity FrontierParticipant Observation on the Fast Track; Notes; Chapter 3: Doing Participant Observation: BECOMING A PARTICIPANT; Entering the Field; First Contact; Establishing Rapport; Breaking Through; Talking the Talk; Walking the Walk; Making Mistakes; Notes; Chapter 4: The Costs Of Participation: Culture Shock; Coping with Culture Shock; Participating and Parenting: Children and Field Research; Reverse Culture Shock (Reentry Shock); Note; Chapter 5:



Doing Participant Observation: Becoming An Observer; The Role of Theory and Conceptual Frameworks

Taking the Observer RoleAttending to Detail: Mapping the Scene; (Participatory) Community Mapping; Counting; Attending to Conversation; Field Notes as a Training Tool for Observation; Seeing Old Events with New Eyes; Practicing and Improving Observation and Memory; What to Observe; Just Experiencing; Limits to Observation; Ethnographer Bias; Notes; Chapter 6: Gender And Sex Issues In ParticipantObservation; The Gendered Ethnographer; Up Close and Personal: Sex in the Field; Note; Chapter 7: Designing Research With Participant Observation; Participant Observation and Research Design

Fundamentals of Design of Participant ObservationObjectivity; Reliability; Elements of Design; Choosing a Question; Appropriate Questions; Choosing a Site; Appropriate Methods and the Benefits of Triangulation; Enhancing Representativeness: Sampling in Participant Observation; Proposing Participant Observation; Research Objectives; Notes; Chapter 8: Informal Interviewing In ParticipantObservation; Types of Interviews; Interview Techniques; Active Listening; Sensitive Silence; The Uh-huh Prompt; Repetition Feedback; Summary Feedback; Asking Questions in Interviewing; Tell Me More

For ClarificationNaive Questions; Avoiding Confrontation; Changing Topics; Talking About Sensitive Subjects; Concluding an Interview; Notes; Chapter 9: Writing Field Notes; History; Kinds of Field Notes; Jot Notes; Expanded Notes: Field Notes Proper; Methodological Notes; Diaries and Journals; Logs; Meta-notes/Analytic Notes; Headnotes; Field Notes in Virtual Research; How to Record; Research Integrity: Who Owns the Field Notes; Notes; Chapter 10: Analyzing Field Notes; Process of Data Analysis; Managing Qualitative Data; Data Reduction; Approaches to Indexing; Coding for Themes

Coding for Characteristics

Sommario/riassunto

Qualitative research in such diverse areas as anthropology, sociology, education, nursing, and medical research draws on the insights gained through the use of participant observation for gaining greater understanding of phenomena from the point of view of participants. This book serves as a basic primer for the beginning researcher and as a useful reference and guide for experienced researchers who wish to re-examine their own skills and abilities in light of best practices of participant observation.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785462903321

Autore

Belshaw Christopher

Titolo

Environmental philosophy : reason, nature and human concern / / Christopher Belshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-49003-7

1-317-49004-5

1-315-71080-3

1-282-92128-2

9786612921285

1-84465-326-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

333.701

Soggetti

Philosophy of nature

Environmental sciences - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2001 by Acumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Problems; 2 Causes; 3 Solutions I: Voting and Pricing; 4 Solutions II: Moral Theory; 5 Animals; 6 Life; 7 Rivers, Species, Land; 8 Deep Ecology; 9 Value; 10 Beauty; 11 Human Beings; Afterword; Appendix A Deep Ecology: Central Texts; Appendix B The Axiarchical View; Appendix C Gaia; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, focusing on questions of value, but taking in attendant issues in epistemology and metaphysics as well. The book begins by considering the nature, extent and origin of the environmental problems with which we need to be concerned. Chapters go on to consider familiar strategies for dealing with environmental problems, and then consider what sort of things are of direct moral concern, examining in turn at animals, non-sentient life-forms, natural but non-living things and deep ecology. The final part of the book



investigates notions of value, natural beauty and the place of human beings in the scheme of things.