From the Book - Regular Print - Second edition.
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 What is Participant Observation? --
Method of Participant Observation --
Why Participant Observation is Important --
Enhancing the Quality of Data Collection and Analysis --
Formulating New Research Questions --
ch. 2 Learning to be a Participant Observer: Theoretical Issues --
Learning to be a Participant Observer --
Observation and Participation --
Participation and Observation: An Oxymoron in Action? --
What Determines the Role a Researcher will Adopt? --
Limits to Participation? --
Beyond the Reflexivity Frontier --
Participant Observation on the Fast Track --
ch. 3 Doing Participant Observation: Becoming a Participant --
Ch. 4 Costs of Participation: Culture Shock --
Coping with Culture Shock --
Participating and Parenting: Children and Field Research --
Reverse Culture Shock (Reentry Shock) --
ch. 5 Doing Participant Observation: Becoming an Observer --
Role of Theory and Conceptual Frameworks --
Taking the Observer Role --
Attending to Detail: Mapping the Scene --
(Participatory) Community Mapping --
Attending to Conversation --
Field Notes as a Training Tool for Observation --
Seeing Old Events with New Eyes --
Practicing and Improving Observation and Memory --
ch. 6 Gender and Sex Issues in Participant Observation --
Up Close and Personal: Sex in the Field --
ch. 7 Designing Research with Participant Observation --
Participant Observation and Research Design --
Fundamentals of Design of Participant Observation
Appropriate Methods and the Benefits of Triangulation --
Enhancing Representativeness: Sampling in Participant Observation --
Proposing Participant Observation --
ch. 8 Informal Interviewing in Participant Observation --
Asking Questions in Interviewing --
Avoiding Confrontation --
Talking About Sensitive Subjects --
Concluding an Interview --
ch. 9 Writing Field Notes --
Expanded Notes: Field Notes Proper --
Meta-notes/Analytic Notes --
Field Notes in Virtual Research --
Research Integrity: Who Owns the Field Notes --
Ch. 10 Analyzing Field Notes --
Process of Data Analysis --
Managing Qualitative Data --
Approaches to Indexing --
Coding for Characteristics --
Managing Coding and Indexing --
Interpretation and Verification --
ch. 11 Ethical Concerns in Participant Observation --
Meaning of Informed Consent in Participant Observation --
Ethical Conduct of Participant Observation in Online Settings --
Ethics and the Limits to Participation --