Utilizing Ethnographical Approaches to Study the Abstract, Intimate, and Dynamic Topic of Trust

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ID2365754
AutoresKristina Leppälä (0000-0002-3159-2307, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, autor de correspondencia), Päivi Kosonen (0009-0002-1979-5563, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland), Mirjami Ikonen (0000-0002-9915-0927, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland)
Año2024
Volumen53
Número6
Páginas822-852
Fecha de publicación2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/08912416241273195
OpenAlexW4402118911
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas55

There is an increased need to acquire a more holistic and situated understanding of how and why experiences unfold during real-life situations, especially during research focused on identifying nuanced and dynamic phenomena such as trust. Trust researchers need to revisit and expand their methodological toolkit with immersive qualitative methods for the researching of lived experiences of abstract, intimate, and dynamic experiences. In this article, we discuss two ethnographical approaches to qualitative trust research-autoethnography and at-home ethnography. We illustrate this discussion through two case vignettes from our studies of nuanced and dynamic organizational relationships in which we as researchers were also positioned as a part of the data. We apply philosophical principles connected to reflexivity and provide examples of the researcher as a subject during the study of unfolding vulnerabilities of the field and the researcher

Epistemology · Ethnography · Sociology · Anthropology · Philosophy · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology