{"id":1280,"date":"2015-07-08T14:53:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T14:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2015-08-11T11:52:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T11:52:16","slug":"eep-training-session-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/2015\/07\/08\/eep-training-session-2\/","title":{"rendered":"EEP Training Session 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Session 2: Doing Ethnography Q&amp;A (1 hour)<\/h3>\n<h5>The aims of this session were to:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">introduce students to key aspects of designing and carrying out an ethnographic research project;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">answer student questions about ethnography and ethnographic methods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify\">Outline of content:<\/h5>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Project staff gave brief presentations on aspects of designing and carrying out ethnographic research, based on their own research. The presentations focused on <strong>finding a \u2018site\u2019<\/strong> or group to work with and recording ethnographic data through <strong>fieldnotes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The floor was opened to questions from the students. Some of the key themes that emerged from the questions were around <strong>access<\/strong> (how to approach people or identify people to talk to or interview, what to do if people are hostile or uninterested) and <strong>ethics<\/strong> (when do you tell people you are doing research, can you use informal interactions with people as part of your research data).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify\">Notes for guidance:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Giving the students concrete examples from our own research seemed to work well.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Students need to have clear guidance on ethics paperwork and the ethics of doing ethnographic research. We discussed issues of online and face-to-face informed consent; the use of pseudonyms in written work; and the need to inform participants about your research.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Students may conceptualise ethnographic research in terms of interviews and finding people to interview. We discussed trying to develop less formal interactions, opportunities for participant-observation, and spending time to build up relationships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/2015\/08\/11\/ethnography-sessions-2013-2014\/\">\u2190 Back to all sessions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Session 2: Doing Ethnography Q&amp;A (1 hour) The aims of this session were to: introduce students to key aspects of designing and carrying out an ethnographic research project; answer student questions about ethnography and ethnographic methods. Outline of content: Project staff gave brief presentations on aspects of designing and carrying out ethnographic research, based on their own research. 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