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Data Collection technologies
INFO 272. Qualitative Research Methods 27 April 2009 Data Collection technologies
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Data Collection Formats
Text Audio Images Video
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Epistemic Cultures [Knorr-Cetina]
How knowledge is established within different organizations The role of different data formats (and ways of presenting that data) in establishing knowledge Also, presentation practices
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Corporate vs. Academic Research
Different research communities (in the sciences) have different standards of evidence different tools and procedures accept/expect different presentation formats.
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Fallacies of imagery Uses and abuses of ‘Naïve realism’
Interpretation of imagery is apparent and invariant
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Data Collection Equip as Intervention
Some issues raised by raising the camera to your eye in a social space where you are being observed How do people perceive you as researcher? How do they want themselves and their society perceived?
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Resistance to being photographed
Can present rapport problems Technology interventions as data – what happens when you attempt to take a photo?
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Representation
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Exploitation
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Consent
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Photography as a Service
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Context
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Local Conventions
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Video – Why? To capture complex actions, rich, rapidly unfolding events that are difficult for an observer to document comprehensively as they unfold – for analysis. To create more compelling, engaging presentations Other reasons?
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Video – Why Not? - equipment expense
Before Fieldwork During Fieldwork After Fieldwork - equipment expense - discomfort / objections of interviewees - carrying equipment - keeping equipment running - difficulty with browsing, coding video data - editing is time consuming
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Questions to ask yourself
Will the use of a visual record make an important improvement to my research output? Have I calculated the time needed to process the resulting data? Have I designed a friendly logging/cataloguing system? [Source: Loizos, in Bauer and Gaskell, pg. 106]
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In Summary Towards “an emerging, global visual literacy that is no longer purely receptive, but actively aware of how images are used to construct perspectives, be they aligned with the will of those portrayed or not.” – [Hasbrouck and Faulkner pg. 249]
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