The Indirect Approach
| Autor: | Ketil Eide, Geir H. Moshuus |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
050402 sociology
Interview business.industry 05 social sciences Internet privacy 050301 education Context (language use) Youth culture Participant observation Indirect approach Youth studies Education 0504 sociology Sociology Meaning (existential) Positive Youth Development business 0503 education Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 15:160940691665619 |
| ISSN: | 1609-4069 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1609406916656193 |
| Popis: | How do we do good guesswork at meaning if our informant lives in a secret world? Doing research often includes awkward moments, unforeseen events, and incidents. Here we name some of these “happenstances.” We suggest that happenstances may offer a solution to the problem of meaning discrepancies: The happenstance is one of those moments that allow the researcher to temporarily bridge into the meanings of his or her informant. We have carried out research on marginal youth. In both of our studies, happenstances have turned interview situations upside down. Here we identify how these unforeseen events provided us with valuable insights into our informants’ contexts. We conclude by addressing how these happenstances, though they appear to be a product of pure accident, may become part of a systematic approach in discovering contextual knowledge. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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