Being at the Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Rethinking Trust in Qualitative Inquiry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4255253 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Magolda (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 138-145 |
| Publication date | 2000-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Into Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5841 • E-ISSN: 1527-2532 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15430421tip3903_4 |
| OpenAlex | W2039259240 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 11 |
N 1994, I COMPLETED AN 18-MONTH ethnographic study to understand a particular residential college's quest for community.' Each day I interacted with students in their residence hall rooms, seminars, and dining hall. As is the case with most ethnographic studies, I utilized three data collection methods: participant-observing students in their natural setting (Adler & Adler, 1994; Sanger, 1996), conducting open-ended interviews (Fontana & Frey, 1994; Spradley, 1979), and analyzing written and audiovisual documents (Hodder, 1994; Jorgensen, 1989). These three distinct yet complementary fieldwork methods helped me collect volumes of data. The technical aspects of my fieldwork satisfied me. I was organized (e.g., I drafted a comprehensive proposal that pleased the college's gatekeepers), diligent (e.g., I spent a few hours per day on site), and systematic (e.g., I wrote, transcribed, and analyzed my fieldnotes). Yet I remained uneasy and uncertain. A gnawing conceptual question persisted, Were the data I gathered any good? Inevitably, the rapport2 between my respondents and me ended up at the epicenter of my response to this question. In this article I first recount a short confessional tale (Van Maanen, 1988) based on a 20minute data collection segment of my 18-month field study. This tale highlights the importance of and the tensions surrounding trust in qualitative
Confessional · Ethnography · Fieldnotes · Media studies · Participant observation · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Residence · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Law · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
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Research Note
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Kaip įvertinti, ar aš geresnis, ar tu geresnis
A Delicate Balancing Act
The 'problem' of undesigned relationality
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Collaborating with the Radical Right
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2024 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |