Qualitative Methodology, the Historical Sociologist and Oral Societies: Re-assessing the Reliability of Remembered 'Facts
| Autor: | Ali A. Abdi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Soziologie colonialism validity empirical social research Ethnologie Kulturanthropologie Ethnosoziologie Sociology & anthropology Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung Geschichte lcsh:Social sciences (General) Reliabilität Cultural Sociology Sociology of Art Sociology of Literature reminiscence Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Social History Historical Social Research Ethnology Cultural Anthropology Ethnosociology written text (word) methodology Methodologie Validität science of history development of methods Research Design Methodenentwicklung ddc:300 lcsh:H1-99 qualitative methodology oral societies historical sociologist Somalia (Somalis) ddc:301 ddc:900 qualitative Methode oral history basic research Geschichtswissenschaft Social sciences sociology anthropology empirische Sozialforschung qualitative Methodologie orale Gesellschaften historische Soziologie Schriftlichkeit metodología cualitativa sociedades orales sociólogo histórico colonialismo texto escrito (palabra) Somalia (Somalíes) historische Sozialforschung sociology reliability Methodenforschung Erinnerung Kolonialismus methodological research qualitative method Soziologie Anthropologie historical social research Kultursoziologie Kunstsoziologie Literatursoziologie Sozialgeschichte historische Sozialforschung Grundlagenforschung |
| Zdroj: | Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol 2, Iss 3 (2001) |
| DOI: | 10.17169/fqs-2.3.916 |
| Popis: | With qualitative methodology now taking center stage in social sciences research, historical information in oral societies that pervasively relies on remembered categories could be sometimes fragmentary, biased, and willfully mis-located to effect a preferred relationship that may disturb or sustain currently desired power relations among groups of people. This paper will attempt to examine specific problems and challenges that pertain to the role of the historical sociologist who must not only record and interpret recalled events, but must also beware of possible "conflicts of interest" in the informant's/expert's relationship with the rest of society. The paper will use select examples from Somalia (East Africa) to show some possibilities of how and why people could manipulate historical data which, when published or reported officially, may facilitate their claim on resources and/or other preferred economic and socio-political outcomes. The paper proposes several ways to strengthen the situational reliability of the information received. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0103219 Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol 2, No 3 (2001): Qualitative Methods in Various Disciplines II: Cultural Sciences |
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