Fieldwork methods and the experience of working collaboratively

Fieldwork methods and the experience of working collaboratively

Fieldwork methods and the experience of working collaborativelyLuke Eric Lassiter & Elizabeth Campbell1

2Other Side of Middletown book project . . .

3Other Side of Middletown Photography Project . . .

4Collaborative Ethnography

Collaborative Ethnography deliberately and explicitly emphasizes collaboration at every point in the ethnographic process, without veiling itfrom project conceptualization, to fieldwork, and, especially, through the writing process.

Collaborative Ethics Ethnographic Honesty Accessible WritingCollaborative Reading, Writing, and Co-Interpretation5OSM Collaborative Ethnography

Student-Advisor TeamsParticipant Observation / Observant - Participation Reading & Researching Texts Interviews / ConversationsCollaborative Reading/Interpretation

6Excerpts from Middletown ReduxOn Field ConversationsOn Student WritingOn Discussing TextsOn Relationships

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