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by kathycramer
Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:18 pm
Forum: III.3. Ethnography and participant observation
Topic: Limits to Transparency
Replies: 5
Views: 19224

Re: Limits to Transparency

From the moderators: What can ethnographers generally not share about their research process and why can they not share those things? I am pasting in below a piece I wrote for the QMMR Symposium on Transparency in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, in the Spring 2015 issue, under the title, &qu...
by kathycramer
Fri May 06, 2016 2:39 pm
Forum: Substantive Dimensions of the Deliberations
Topic: Transparency, openness, & ethnography in democratic contexts
Replies: 7
Views: 22844

Re: Transparency, openness, & ethnography in democratic contexts

This is beautifully said. I also believe that my work would not be possible if I had to ask the people I spent time with to gather data had to give me permission to make the transcriptions of our conversations publicly accessible. I recently completed a project that required that I repeatedly walked...
by kathycramer
Fri May 06, 2016 2:28 pm
Forum: Substantive Dimensions of the Deliberations
Topic: "Truth" or DARE: Let's Replace "Transparency" with "Explicitness"
Replies: 5
Views: 20476

Re: "Truth" or DARE: Let's Replace "Transparency" with "Explicitness"

I like the idea of replacing transparency with explicitness, too.
by kathycramer
Fri May 06, 2016 2:25 pm
Forum: Substantive Dimensions of the Deliberations
Topic: Data access-- giving back to the community
Replies: 3
Views: 16859

Re: Data access-- giving back to the community

Prof. Majic makes a great point here. I think it is important that we consider our work not as something that we do to the public but instead as something that we do as fellow residents or citizens. I say this because I believe an original and important role of higher education is to improve the hum...