Small, M. L., & Calarco, J. M. (2022). Qualitative Literacy: A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research. University of California Press. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/harvard-ebooks/detail.action?docID=7026737

This excerpt from a qualitative literacy guide emphasizes the crucial role of researcher self-awareness in ethnographic fieldwork. The authors argue that a researcher's identity significantly impacts data collection, influencing access to participants, the information disclosed, and the interpretation of findings. They illustrate how researchers' backgrounds, appearances, and behaviours shape interactions, potentially leading to biased or incomplete data if not carefully considered. The text provides numerous examples of how self-aware researchers proactively address these potential biases in their methodologies and reporting, ultimately producing more reliable and accurate results. Failing to acknowledge these effects compromises research integrity, highlighting the importance of reflexivity in qualitative research.

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