Power in Knowledge production

Eliza Fellows,

Dr. Gumbings  

Lecture Seven

Section Title

Cues

-               Who gets to research, and who gets the knowledge

-              Language

-              Regular people vs. Educated people.

-              If it doesn’t have a name- the sociology order doesn’t exist

-              Banning of knowledge.

-              Reflecity

-              Closed question- yes/no questions.

-              Probing- think of it as a followup question.

-              Open-ended questions- allows more voice to the participant.

-              Relationships

-              Do not need to record them

Review of last weeks lec

-              Selectiomn of researchers

-              Choice of research topics

-              Wording of hypothesis

-              Choice of research subject

-              Methods of observation

-              How data is analyzed- what stories do u tell- from what you hear.

-              How the results are made available- who has access.

Todays lecture

-              Who am I- how does this impact my interview

-              How is my standpoint

-              How to do I react- do I have an animated face

-              Semi-structured!- for our interview

o   Some questions- but fluidly

o   New question may be devised and asked on the spot.

-              Do not ask closed question- not allowed to discusses and not show true feelings.

-              Review questions- to not limit yourself.

-              Layer your questions.  How was changing your life- jobs, relationships, education, change in socially.

-              Language barriers, children, bullying.-

-              How did it impact years from now

-              Active listening

-              Don’t make assumptions= they make an ass out of you.

Good interview

-              Intro ur self

-              What the research is about

-              Who she is.

-              Thanks her for her time.

-              Better eye contact

-              Better open ended question.

o   A better understand of who the researcher is, and the participant.

o   Don’t be direct

o   Pace is different. 

o   Critical approach- questions more deeply and futher.

o   Don’t get distracted

o   Culturally-eye contact

o   Tone

o   Non verbal cue- body language.

Summary

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