Critical ethnography: method, ethics, and performance/
D. Soyini Madison.
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c2005.
- xii, 245 p. ; 24 cm.
Chapter One: Critical Ethnography: Theory and Method Positionality and Shades of Ethnography Dialogue and the Other Note: Brief Historical Overview of Critical Ethnography The Method and Theory Nexus Summary Warm-Ups Suggested Readings Chapter Two: Methods Who Am I? Starting Where You Are Who Else Has Written About My Topic? Being Part of an Interpretive Community The Power of Purpose: Bracketing Your Subject Preparing for the Field: The Research Design and Lay Summary The Research Design The Lay Summary Interviewing and Field Techniques Formulating Questions Patton Model Spradly Model Extra Tips for Formulating Questions Attributes of the Interviewer [AU: ?and Building Rapport? is the rest of this H1 in the main text: add to TOC, or delete those 3 words from the H1?] Mindful Rapport Anticipation ?Positive? Naiveness Active Thinking and Sympathetic Listening Status Difference Patiently Probing Gordon Model Coding and Logging Data Note About Computers Warm-Ups Suggested Readings Chapter Three: Three Stories: Case Studies in Critical Ethnography Case One: Local Activism in West Africa Key Concepts in Postcolonial and Marxist Criticism Key Concepts in Postcolonialism Note: Brief Historical Context Key Concepts in Marxist Thought Case Two: Secrets of Sexuality and Personal Narrative Key Concepts in Phenomenology Key Concepts in Subjectivity, Symbolism, and Sexuality Case Three: Community Theatre: Conflicts and Organization Key Concepts in Theories of Difference: Race and Gender Warm-Ups Suggested Readings Chapter Four: Ethics Defining Ethics Where Did the Notion of Ethics Begin? What Constitutes an Ethical or Moral Act? What Is the Relationship Between Religion and Ethics? Do We Need Religion or a Belief in The Divine for Ethical Behavior? Is It the Nature of Human Beings to Be Good? Where Is Evil Positioned in the Idea of Ethics? Critical Ethnography and the Ethics of Reason, the Greater Good, and the Other Reason The Greater Good The Other Note: Postmodernism Maria Lugones: Contemporary Ethics, Ethnography, and Loving Perception World Traveling and Loving Perception Summary Warm-Ups Suggested Readings Chapter Five: Methods and Ethics Codes of Ethics for Fieldwork Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association Note: Hate Groups, Advocacy, and Responsibility Note: Institutional Review Board Extending the Codes Moral Dilemmas Conceptual Errors Dialogical Performance Warm-Ups Suggested Readings Chapter Six: Methods and Application: Three Case Studies in Ethical Dilemmas Case One: Local Activism in West Africa Advocacy, Representation, and Voice Method and Advocacy Case Two: Secrets of Sexuality and Personal Narrative Trust, Confidentiality, and Informed Consent Method and Confidentiality Case Three: Community Theatre: Conflicts and Organization Fairness, Critical Judgment, and Policy Implications Method and Criticism Warm-Ups Suggested Readings Chapter Seven: Performance Ethnography Foundational Concepts in Performance and Social Theory Performance as Experience Performance as Social Behavior Performance as Language and Identity Note: Derrida and Deconstruction Performativity The Performance Interventions of Dwight Conquergood Process and Performance The Body and Scriptocentrism Dialogic Performance Cultural Politics Staging Ethnography and the Performance of Possibilities The Subjects The Audience The Performers Warm-Ups Suggested Readings Chapter Eight: It?s Time to WRITE: Writing as Performance Getting Started: In Search of the Muse Research Questions and Statement of Purpose The Muse Map and the Road Map Schedules and Time Management First Draft and Free Writing The Anxiety of Writing: Wild Mind and Monkey Mind Continents, Islands, and the Editor Writing as Performance and Performance as Writing Performative Writing as Relational Performative Writing as Evocative Performative Writing as Embodied Performative Writing as Consequential Warm-Ups Suggested Readings Chapter Nine: The Case Studies Case One: Staging Cultural Performance Case Two: Oral History and Performance Case Three: The Fieldwork of Social Drama and Communitas Warm-Ups