Participant Observation

Introduction to the practice of participant observation. Introduction to the concept of modes of telling (visual, sound textual). Revise original field notes. Revisit a Latino community, write up field notes. Notes to be written up at Social Science Computing Lab. Email notes to Instructor.

Adler, Patricia A. Peter Adler. Observational Techniques," Handbook of Qualitative Research. Norman Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincon. Newbury Park: Sage, 1994, 377-392.

Harper, Douglas. "On the Authority of the Image, "Visual Methods at the Crossroads," Handbook of Qualitative Research. Norman Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincon. Newbury Park: Sage, 1994, 403-412.