“I’m Not a Musician, But…”
Negotiating the Research Process in Examining the Lives of Musicians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17802441 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Ramirez (Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 80-93 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1733-8077 • E-ISSN: 1733-8077 |
| Publisher | University of Lodz Press (PUBLISHER • PL) |
| DOI | 10.18778/1733-8077.10.3.04 |
| OpenAlex | W4205686410 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
Identity politics have been of considerable interest to the qualitative research tradition as researchers have speculated on the extent to which identity and positionality matter in the field. In this autoethnography, I analyze private writings I composed while studying musicians’ life course trajectories in musical careers, paying particular attention to the methodological implications of my fieldwork decisions. I concentrate on: 1) issues of access, 2) identity politics, and 3) the ethics of relationships in the field. I analyze the extent to which I negotiated several (sometimes conflicting) ways I presented my identity in different settings and among different populations. My presentation of self-strategies – sometimes intentional, other times haphazard – allowed me successful entrée to the music world, though I remained an outsider within. I conclude with methodological implications highlighting the ways researchers’ identities may influence the research process and suggestions for qualitative researchers to consider in future studies
Aesthetics · Autoethnography · Epistemology · Identity politics · Musical · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Diverse Music Education Insights · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · Law · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
The Loves of Others
A Reflexive Lens
Keynote Address. Tales From the Field
From ethnographic ‘self’-discovery to processes of identification
Negotiating Masculinities in American Drinking Subcultures
Anticipatory Dying
Qualitative Sociology as Everyday Life
Homeboys, Babies, Men in Suits
What Difference Does Difference Make? Position and Privilege in the Field
Learning from the Outsider Within
Intimate reflections
Gender performance in qualitative studies of masculinities
Power and gender negotiations during interviews with men about sex and sexually degrading practices
Going deep' and 'giving back
Managing masculinity
Interviewing men
Emerging Criteria for Quality in Qualitative and Interpretive Research
Interviewing Elites
Negotiating Fluid Identities
Cofielding in Qualitative Interviews
Man-to-Man
Friendship as Method
Flirting with Boundaries
Performing Autoethnography
Inside Out
Creating Criteria
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |