From Walkabout to Meditation: Craft and Ethics in Field Inquiry

Liberman, Kenneth

doi:10.1177/107780049900500103

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“…This suggests that coding guidelines exist in order to make the work of qualitative data analysis more fruitful and lucid, and when coding incongruities occur, coders must keep in mind that the guidelines themselves may require modification in order to generate a quality research object that simultaneously preserves the integrity of the interviewed subjects, while also meeting the needs of the researcher. This openness and reflexivity on the part of coders is integral to making the process of interpretation effective (Liberman, 1999), and is ubiquitous throughout the dialogue.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Practical Work of <Coding>: An Ethnomethodological Inquiry

2007

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While previous methodological studies have suggested that coding is a useful technique for analyzing qualitative data, there is a stark lack of discussion about the incongruities that inevitably arise as researchers accomplish the actual work of coding. This article explores the complexities of the coding process, and how incongruities get resolved as researchers accomplish the practical work of coding. Three primary themes emerged from this study: , , and . These three activities are grounded in the naturally evolving work of coding, and are rendered visible through an ethnomethodological investigation into this work.

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The Practical Work of <Coding>: An Ethnomethodological Inquiry

2007

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“…This study utilized a qualitative research design and according to Liberman (1999) "the craft of a qualitative sociologist consists not of an objective methodology" (p. 53); thus, the research was interpretive and subjective by nature. As subjectivity formed a large part of the interpretive analysis, the researcher's perspectives may have infl uence interpretation of the text (Gadamer, 1976).…”

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Oaxaca's Indigenous Guelaguetza Festival: Not all that Glistens is Gold

Whitford¹

2008

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Guelaguetza is one of Mexico's premiere celebrations of indigenous dance and music. The festival occurs every July in Oaxaca City where it is a premier tourist attraction providing opportunities for socioeconomic growth and development. Yet the festival also creates negative impacts such as commodifi cation and commercialization of the festival, which may lead to the bastardization of culture, including loss of indigenous authenticity and exploitation of local resources. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to critically analyze the positive and negative impacts of the 2007 Guelaguetza in order to determine the extent to which the festival focuses on becoming a tourist attraction at the expense of community celebration. A qualitative research design utilizing the case study approach was employed to analyze positive and negative impacts emerging from the real-world context of the 2007 Guelaguetza. The results of the study revealed that not all that glistens is gold at the festival. Behind the façade of this visually spectacular festival, the Guelaguetza is at real risk of becoming a colorful, attractive, yet meaningless, commercialized tourist venture if tourist and commercial needs are favored at the expense of the people and their traditions. Consequently, now is the time to revisit and redefi ne the purpose of the Guelaguetza to ensure it remains a sociocultural and economically viable annual festival for everyone to enjoy, long into the future.

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“…'Through participation, the field researcher sees firsthand and up close how people grapple with uncertainty and confusion, how meanings emerge through talk and collective action, how understandings and interpretations change over time' (Emerson, Fretz, and Shaw 1995, 4). Liberman (1999) even claims that a researcher has to get close to the social phenomena to do it ethical justice. In other words, being there can result in a range of positive or negative effects.…”

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