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The Stitches Stayed: Creating Rapport around Women's Work
Author(s) -
Wall Mary Clementine,
Stasz Bird
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2010.01097.x
Subject(s) - situated , appropriation , situated learning , sociology , ethnography , appalachia , quilting , pedagogy , work (physics) , gender studies , anthropology , epistemology , geography , engineering , archaeology , mechanical engineering , paleontology , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
Establishing rapport between researcher and participants when conducting ethnography is essential to the successful outcome of the research. However, when participants are unwilling to engage, a different approach must be adopted. This article is an examination of the appropriation of a situated learning model during fieldwork with a group of female quilters in rural North Carolina. Using this model, and emphasizing the passing of knowledge from masters to novice, provides a successful framework for establishing and maintaining the research relationship. [situated learning, quilting, Appalachia, rapport]