Exposing yourself: Reflexivity, anthropology, and film

Ruby, Jay

doi:10.1515/semi.1980.30.1-2.153

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“…I acknowledged my role and possible influences on both the participants and interpretation of the data, and I applied the same kinds of critical analysis to my role as researcher as I applied to participants (Alvesson & Skoldberg, 2002;Ellis & Bochner, 2000;Foley, 1998;Haskell, Finds & Ippolito, 2002;Ruby, 1980). resolved to maintain, 'virtuous subjectivity... as the salt of creativity' (Peshkin, 1988, p. 268).…”

Section: Reflexionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Capitalizing on community music: a case study of the manifestation of social capital in a community choir

Langston

Barrett

2008

Research Studies in Music Education

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There is an extensive literature on social capital and its generation and use in communities, but less is known about the ways in which social capital is manifested in community music settings. The literature suggests that social capital is evidenced through a range of `indicators', including trust, community and civic involvement, and networks. This article reports the findings of a research project that examined the manifestation of social capital in a community choir in regional Tasmania. The study employed multiple data-generation methods including survey, field notes, and artefact-elicited, semi-structured interviews in a qualitative interpretive case study design. An analysis of narrative approach was used to interrogate data generated with the 27 members (the Tutti) of the `Milton' Community Choir, and to identify those social capital indicators present. Through analyses of these data, findings suggest that the social capital indicators identified in the literature, specifically those of shared norms and values, trust, civic and community involvement, networks, knowledge resources, and contact with families and friends are present in the community choir. Further, a previously unemphasized social capital indicator, that of fellowship, is identified as a key component in fostering group cohesion and social capital development in the community choir.

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Section: Reflexionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Capitalizing on community music: a case study of the manifestation of social capital in a community choir

Langston

Barrett

2008

Research Studies in Music Education

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“…It recognizes that communicating reality in its entirety is impossible (Ruby, 2000) (Pink, 2001). Unlike conventional ethnographic film, it uses the creation of visual material as an intermediary and medium in the relationship between the observer and the observed (Banks, 1998;Pink, 2001;Rouch, 2003): the researchers' reflexivity on the construction of their point of view (Ruby, 1980) and the observeds' reflexivity on the image that they create for themselves under the gazes of others (Rouch, 2003). Reflexive visual anthropology belongs to the tradition of feminist studies that defines intersubjectivity as an approach of "reciprocal sharing of knowledge and experience between researcher and the researched" and an understanding that the researcher unavoidably takes part in the production of knowledge (Shields and Dervin, 1993).…”

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Reflexive audiovisual methodology: The emergence of “minority practices” among pluriactive stock farmers

Stassart

Mathieu

Mélard

2011

Journal of Rural Studies

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a b s t r a c tThis paper proposes a new way for sociology, through both methodology and theory, to understand the reality of social groups and their "minority practices." It is based on an experiment that concerns a very specific category of agriculturalists called "pluriactive" stock farmers. These stock farmers, who engage in raising livestock part-time alongside another full-time job, form a minority category within the agricultural profession.We address the question of how to analyze and represent the practices of this kind of "social" group or category through participatory filmmaking. Our research shows that beyond the collaborative production and screening of the film done in close cooperation with the stock farmers themselves, a second unexpected dynamic emerged around the sequences that were cut in the final editing round. These cut sequences reveal hesitations and disagreements among the breeders about their own practices in relation to their work and to animal welfare. These hesitations are not considered weaknesses, but rather as proof of the emergence of this group of stock farmers as "practitioners". In the realm of intervention research, the participatory film-making process is attractive because it enables the farmers to raise new questions on their own, discuss them, and eventually resolve them, while also encouraging the researchers to identify the conditions that must be met in order to achieve this fragile linkage. This process and its outcomes force us to revisit the theoretical question of what constitutes a pragmatic definition of a "practice."

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“…By paying attention to negative cases, the sophistication and credibility of this research report was increased to further 'tame the beast'. According to Ruby (1980) and Hammersley (1990), another method of incorporating negative case analysis is to include findings from different studies into the overarching analysis.…”

Section: Attention To Negative Casesmentioning

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Taming the ‘beast’: the dance of sustaining reflective practice on the dissertation process

Johnson-Leslie

2009

Reflective Practice

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Reflective practice is an integral part of preparing for doctoral candidacy and the successful completion of one's dissertation. In this article, reflective practice was utilized as a useful tool in documenting the dissertation process of 'taming the beast'. Reflecting-on and reflection-in-action were vital to designing and defending the dissertation successfully. The purpose of this article is to present a personal narrative of a rigorous, coherent and credible qualitative dissertation research through the eyes of a doctoral candidate. The author found that reflective practice required deliberate, consistent and purposeful action by the reflective practitioner. To sustain reflective practice contextual anchors were used to build and scaffold meanings. Meanings researchers and participants attach to the collection, analysis, interpretation and the data presentations are important to qualitative research. The author concludes that successful dissertations are original, accurately researched, well-documented, thought provoking and show depth of reflective practice.

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Exposing yourself: Reflexivity, anthropology, and film

Cited by 88 publications

References 7 publications

Capitalizing on community music: a case study of the manifestation of social capital in a community choir

Capitalizing on community music: a case study of the manifestation of social capital in a community choir

Reflexive audiovisual methodology: The emergence of “minority practices” among pluriactive stock farmers

Taming the ‘beast’: the dance of sustaining reflective practice on the dissertation process

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