Open AccessObserving the Observer: Understanding Our Selves in Field Research
Author(s) -
Michelle Manley
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2010.1362
Subject(s) - underpinning , ethnography , field (mathematics) , epistemology , observer (physics) , sociology , psychology , qualitative research , participant observation , social science , anthropology , engineering , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics , civil engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
In Observing the Observer, Shulamit Reinharz (2011) provides students and the novice researcher with an insightful and descriptive framework in which to understand the theoretical underpinning of ethnographical studies. The author presents an outline for comprehending unidentified and identified characteristics of the researcher in the fieldwork setting, making the self an essential tool of fieldwork.