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RESEARCH
METHODS IN
ANTHROPOLOGY
Qualitative and
Quantitative Approaches
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Field Notes: How to Take, Code,
and Manage Them
‘The Four Types of Fle Notes:
Jottings the Diary, the Log, and the Notes
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Field Notes
Tha as he Kinds of aoe: pots an mathad and ecg; ehse-
raph, descriptive peter and woes ht dass sues provide an
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Methodological Notes
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outa tetr way to kep ang than ve described ere don tot ae You
rt opin your fel ate ad pbs a paper abot
footers cn benefit em your expeince I you find
Joust spnding oo much ute with maginl peopeia eal, make
‘Mtoe of tan sous ott cameo te. Youl sovetieeke
thei ie he "uhh eheiqe, discussed in Che 10,in which
Doutta ho aol whestopuntencourgingly oterpantatviw gong
‘Wit up owes abou your disoveis, Mark al tee notes wih an "MP
she fop—M oc method
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of data colecon Collecting dita ie ivays awk when yoo beg +
‘ele proj, ut get eaier a you Become more comfortable inne
‘oltre During ths risa pood of adastnent ou soul itloctalize
Sha you're learalag abot doing eldwork by taking meBoCoogical
‘When fs anion Geeein 196, tat invited to dinner taunt
1 pms When I anived a ssound 7.13 (wat thought war poite 13
‘hts lata), {was enbrased to find that my host ws sil aking &
Sith Thos ave owe tht he valy meant around 8pm when he
fihd “sound 7" My metiodlogcl aoe forthe occasion simpy stated
‘hat about nt show op for cna before & pm in the fre Some
‘tekslner I fgued ot the genera les for timing of even scien
‘icing cocktail dinner, nd inte ig vert nthe ope seusee
"Wen {Beg feldwek withthe Ofa0" people of conta Mexico fa
1962 Tas offered pune everywhere weet Palo is fermented neta
‘om he mages scar Tied orefare pity; Loan’ he att
Dur people were very initnt nd seemed fended i Iie’ scep the
ink Things wee particularly award when showed up at someone's
Sows and tee were ther guests thee Everyone enjoyed pale but me
{nde of he tn oop were ton poor to hae ber round offer me
"Atha me, rote ete that ppl "il obliged by cast to fe
pluto guess "Twas deal wong As eventual eared people were
sting mo soit me affliated with Ie Summer nett of Lingus
ics evangelicel missionary group hat hd its regional beads in
ie ea whet ws woking
“he SIL ie compris mostly of exalln linguists tote msor output
is trensaons of he Bie ats the vrtons sonriten languages ofthe
World Thee was, ands, ius fin between the Taare who hadconveted 10 Potestanisn nd thse who semained Cais 1 wag
impocaat or meto disassociate ysl fom he SIL, 3085 methodsog
pte disused he importance of onspicieslyconsuminp shel
{obese inorder to iemly myself a em snbopologt and ot asa
crangtcal missionary
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tein people de neta ve th in mela ses te at
ferns fete, stn i aon
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ight yeas ste, 19791 read thet Wiliam Pantie had siniae
ediameat dig ba work in Comba Riba & Parige 197935)
Berywbere he went itscems penpc offre him best, evenat 721. He
needed an acepable excuse, he si, 19 void Speding al is waking
ous geting ros
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the pil eee co in ths pase was used in wetng venereal hse
vetyons knew tu yu did't ink alzchol while ou Were taking his
pill andthe excae as perfec for ang a ite Wy oost ePa.
{edges epuation Add thi 9 yur fe of methods moles
‘Methedologcel ates, thn have odo ith tbe condot of Hl inty
ivelt You wil want ake methodologies notes especialy wen you
do something sil tht beaks aclu norm Tt you ae sling pat.
aly shepis, yom might want te wate fice fsings imo Jost ny
vnee pone sie wil se what You've wie: but jou dont wan
‘waste he opprtonity to make a staigfrvad methodological hte ot
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Descriptive Noes
Descriptive notes re theneat and potatoe of ildwerk Mostnoter ae
escrpive and ae fom two soce, watching aod liesing Interviews
‘wh tforsums produce eres of noes, especialy Ifyou use a ape
{ecueder end ater write dw large chunks of what people sty Ober
tons of process like making er, shine ermal, feeding chon,
hoclag ous bung, nd soon as produce alot of nots Destipve
fl utes ny contain bith sco ta you've opi ot of x chutch
fess ot hey any const of summary description ofa wile plz,
‘nan shopping ele any envionment chatatesis that you
‘Bak se impact
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seat thers who st alto ying tol Get together nih one oF mse
ios end ceive s procers hats wai all of oo coud be
‘Pokuch service oer then cae you've seea beer, coud be
{copa process ut you've nt ‘wrimensod (Unt teeny, had
‘everson plasters hang eeings They do ican sits)
heer you obseve yt capt i Gel ots the des of the
ehavin and te envsonaeat Ly to gt down “wba's golsg 08” Des
‘Sh informents who ae wethng the ceremony oe process 1 exan|
“Tha’s ging ov snd yt et aces down om the explanation Late
{ogee Win you research pater) and dies your nes with ne
mute. You'l Find that woe thee people see mach move haa ust one
‘ow You mig si ind tht you al our press saw Ue same ings
Sorwote down dilerent ube of he sun nferaton
‘Gee Seley stated people whose rom eed sage ldney ease
ost patents we on hemodialysis Some ste on pete dialysis The
“hea patctsgo to Slat one saver Lesa wee, While the
“fr pints prfrm ass (alld CAPD) on themsces several
nes any Tee at fou desctpie note fom Sally's esearch (Ie
nets lhe apf ech ote are pia codes Mot on pil cde
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Se iy nny nats ee ps he and se dow itm
keto mir pol rancor ean She sue al 1972 Sis.
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Analyte Notes
‘You wil wt up ewer analytic nce than ay ote kin. This is where
ot yor wee aot Row yu think the eulste you ste sta
Ieovganzed Analytic anc stab abet elalivey ino things. Wheat
sin gue oe ters for showing pom tne vena anton in
‘Gees hat wae wethan nage rote And when wndestoo heules that
oven he ning fhe, etwas woth ak sali a, 0
“A sl Chg, th seston on hry. ok eos yea 2
fut why he ata tte sore Kayenta sponge dives Was 08
Sp hewmen wee dom Wis
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tout Reser hiking toa the poe ose ous, ll
aston why np eduaon ie Meco des ae esl inthe ese
‘on oni angge slog tr se Beta 19822) Ashe es
veloped, Iwo them up nasties of te
er eeuch on ne pues, Shei noted hat Acr-Ametians
ste far mot tly tobe on hemodialysis than on prtonesl days,
{CAPD ter analy notes, she explains tht white physicians tend
fess Alct-American patent to Pemodalyss because CAPD I ey
hnanding ante phytctons don’t cstblsck patent than rope
tis choresnvtves
‘Anal noe ete prods f= tof tine ad elton and nay 40.08
fot severe pages ‘They ste often the bss fot published papers, fe
‘haters in iasenatons and books They il be she product of you
Shdestuadiag, and tat wil come about trough your oaizing and
loki with descriptive nd mebodsogical noes oer a pd f tine
Bon'texpect to wits gent many aay notes, bot write thm sl your
Iie, eves (xpecials fe you ate out of he Het
‘Writing Field Notes
‘he dfrence betwen eldwort ad eld experienc sted noes
ln on spending 20.3 owe, evty sorking ay, wring up kd
Joting ot fed notes, wotking on Soar ay, nd cing nervioso
feral ot asked 34 sopaogis about he ld noe pac
tices hy reported spending ahve om an out and a alF197 ous
ay on eto (904199)
‘Setside atime esc dy for working om your notes Tle to “sgueeae
he time to work em ates and twas a sates Dont seep ob our
ote either Tati don't wite op ots in the morning fom he previous
‘ays juungsYou'l fxg loot what you woal ke the in yom
note Ifyou don't wit thomp nde aftetoon or erenageach day Toe
Shine gos for you ow thoughts snd pesos of event If yea dont
rte tams pevey diy, whilethey sesh ol forget em‘This means hat you shoud get emboli 2 ot facts hay
event fom spending time writing ap yor day's osings OF cana
Shona informet cals your house nd tells yout cone guy
ecasa tee am inportat eves going on, well hats asotbet
‘Buty cn say et hie beome the non rate tan te oreo an
‘you osnch wil fr frst you do.
‘iene many smal notes vate has on ong, suaniag comment.
you wit yout noes on «computes, wake mas Seat iles—oe fo
Esch ay finest han ding tote tame hmongous le yay
fay The advantage ita you can mame your nots by he dee of
{scan That way he comput wl preset te noes oy 8 von
ogi xt so you ean avs find x prtiea ays (r week's) note,
Mary smal lear sr air handle when Jou gett txt munogome
edie ogame
Plan os spending vce a lng wring up notes above tape seated
lnrviews at ye spend conducting the iteriews ite fi pace You
fave tobnen tn ccardad interview a lent oes bfore you ca wie
the eaeatil ots om abd theo taker loag agin ge the ace
‘dv Actually onsbingatepe takes shot si to iit hors or eh
our of itrview
Coding Field Notes
Sta each note witha sumbet, beginning with 00001 Nex pu in he
Astoand pce: then the name finfrman any Usecades or plaset
Std jeformant names a keep the coleook of ames std locaton:
‘hyseally septate ftom your fe notes Willa Paridge woe cme
‘abs use in ghund Colombia, He recorded interviews with annals
‘rowetssoptl from alle thes note nl kp te ony copy of se
fotos in alncked Wank Thefnsiew teste woe ete nl yale
ode Riba & Pudge, 1979:179)
Unt theccimstaen, is prety obvioes why bedi this Bu its 2
‘00d ide to aves cods fr informant eames onal yur dats You or
ever know what would embatass or Bur someoue if you ali
{he wrong hands
‘ster the nfomat same an place, eve room fr tps cos 3
finish iting op he conten of the note When you are finshed wri
tp you ots for he dy go ask a fil nthe peal codes Code |
notes yu gp alopg. Niles and berman te St “Coding had
Shesrive wont In not nly as much fon as gtiog Ge good ul in
| Nt oe ae, Cade nd Mae Then »
tie elo" (1994563) As the ple of uncoded Hed notes grows,
Seder snd harder to be obaestve
"arheme olla cccasion‘9$ay afew mortimes ost of ws
ualtative dita alysis aly isis coding By te tie you've cadet
So el ees, you've exablshd the themes that need eb indexe sod
Je ptees tha peed to blocs and hoop sboet.Speding Foto
tine coing note i aot Mickey Mouse work I's nage
Coding Versus Indexing
Before sonsgating opel sade, I want to make clea the dteset
sacingyof te word "de" aden te difcene between coding and
Indexing Whe I sy "oe cade fer paces nd norman! names” he
toed "coc" means an encryption device The abet st hie interne
‘on, no pens When Iya the informant aman pls
Jeavoroon for pia code," word “code” manson dcing device
‘The objects ewily be exiseace ofa valabe The hd mening
‘he word “code"ina measurement device Hee'sthedifercace
Stppote you ae ging oda 200 nevis wth young mates shout
sie epics hldbekOne ofthe things ou waot a Hao, fo
‘sch woman, whether sesecals er ithing expense a stress nd
fs, ow stestfalYou pt togetser formal interview Socket an
‘ueton 2 How would you describe your beting exerene?”
Tiss formal nerve, bu you ve eft lo of space inh Bookle:
for answers to this question and you encourage eat infrmas 1 ramble
Teeating the quaiutive dat on he oie They ight ater question 27
‘nh nto frm
Te suppor you dort ask the rigorward quetion Sepote you
she ates you ve competed your esench (his happens ll te tne)
"Yo soni hough al the rvs mesial an look for vetbal ls
shoet the iting expeiece Evay tie ou find setae o ae
the corpus tht eas wih his tape you ick cod, ay STRESS, a the
top of cnet othe paragraph Sy speaking th word STRESS isan
Indes nou hae ene
‘Neu ee eck indeed pase of sentence, you evaluate te content
Suppor, none ca the saenc ends “KW sys that he pln wa 0
ions during chibi se wanted wo de" Yoo decide to ode KW's
‘npetiooe a "vuy stil” The woud "very pcs en odin eeSe
ssc and is aru code The phases “net stessul" “somewhat ses»
very sent” at alten, jot a8 the muse 1.2 and ae
tte coder
Tex words (0 numbers) te indicators ofthe presence a a aie
cade wads (or mubets) at indicators of measrement of &varbe
pretence sbence. more cls, aout eqn. and 5008 The wer
El gue aed ang eal he conep the presnce of arate
‘Gemasuteneatotavarale an theeneryptiono footie Rest
be the diferences Nomyon oie! ces
“Topfeal Codes I: The OCM and Johnson's Checklist
The oc
The Outline of Cutrat Materials of OOM, was developed by George
Pater Mardok (1871) a ato! lor oding (dex) information fom
‘togtephies about cares af the word. The OCM i oraogh ant
Fleile an en be spied (wit) some adaptation to almost a) priest.
There ae coder fer tidbit, fr example (B48), dvoce (38), hone:
sexi (38), accumulation of wealth (80) military ergarizaton (01),
‘ne (674), and so on The alt of index number and pases inthe
‘OCM isin Ampendix
‘he OM nas oun used by researchers tthe Hooua Relations Ares
ule (GRAF) for 48 yes RAP eompises aboot 900.00 pages of
pay ethnographic tails (ices aed books) dealing with 330
sltorer The pimary mater ce edge code, or indexed Figte 92
‘typical edgecoed page lem tle RAP
“Ihe OCM is ot the ony sing scheme yu as we, sd apes te
have fallen at of favor in rece ears, bu i hasbeen ued by man)
ileeiousantopolopss Inte pst and sill ecommend George
owe sed te OCM i ode is tes abo Trintantan oka Hos
tan sed itn is ldwork on Constias Idan te 37 Gel eseteets
fe Clyde Kieckaohn's Compurative Stady of Valos In Five Cale:
Fojtc ll usd the OCM ta cde heir ota i he id workers ot
the Corel Usivesy fem proeetsadyng a village India (Sek,
1990-108, 232,331)
Every et nig and oul ee some (pathaps many) ode that
scat inh is bo con a86 aia and exe he codes forerer
pale Hot Fa Ca My Thee
1p rch on eT petag rey an ety ea
oem asa]
‘ar ele ne tse ea cat eed
‘pnt inate Thy ae ash on et athe ae
[tpl abn met be tee as gb aod
layer or beaten acoeiy or to
| Poe et ave coe i en Te
‘dttebufruouury wes wigs
i Ate pn tg ci sc ee on,
este rae
[OSL a
TEE tanned besa tnt
“TERI a Sr oe np eine ra
bie tp yng on can tia wm AES Rm
toes coat
Noel come witea epaaon tne atm e363.
sly Seno mien net hs i sd ae
Sees fr aS it vega et
nanan png of of ip of el ave i commence
td a ny
The ain (a Acar nc Tei dem 839
‘Sarat fond soho Poles ore Mao foal bys bre B70
ect ne ee ay pat Mat 5
‘sremte! shanrageoeesptircow marvibuchnese
stntnepe ps) Oa ood ease ee ams ae
‘Shelley ated the OCM in br stad of Lidey patents eves hor adapta
‘Son ofthe OCM code 757 (ect heap)
gure 91 Sunpl page of 6a fom te Hanan Relains Aca Fes2571 empl
2502 nosy
1873. CAPD Getitonn days)
2574 dome ae
1575. sent dass
7676 comple ith meee
1517 macneryeevesin a8
3578. medionee
Code 759 seers wo “ati! personel” You can cate 789 1 fo
runes, 192 fon py
Ce 25 efor practice lang to th Kepig of Uvestace I you ate
‘dying the uso livestock ie esa community, ou might Se 231 1
tovefero dita onthe keopog of gous and 23121 refer oda about
Pigs If 30 ned tally ew enteporis, ae the numbers Sa 90 sd
hoe, with ar many del paces 9 ned
‘ost be pf by te lenges ofthe OCM coding lst That's ts
ssength You'l oly oa rst of he coder ona em eet sod
nce joe st sing itm the le, you'll uk fd ousell balling
‘plement! coding schemes 1 jou ats nede
te se two dese field soar coded with the OCM. The ist is
‘som fier 1 iin Tarpon Springs, Fv (Benard, 1965) the
fevcnd ie trom = stay ofan ocean gong reach vessel (Betaad &
ilwouth 1979)
148 116 Cotes AD 127,15, 54 587
mesial went k
‘examin abs ap he oe ha be elt De soul te
Pains tottetoK -Toat's soaevryinay ann beaks ag
eteitcbeapedly cnr tele et ie ones
‘iets rey van rato wst and ose pope a he
Tat and' ly eyo n't ues bet ou a ve
te pmty kto enat coe a ah
In tis case, 1 tave coded the oot fr asiniation, cual goa
sacitions, ted retement have also ade» code, K whi east
tae Hoe Tike Cleon Mint Tee wn
people's claons o Kano, the il in Geese whee the, ot hei
sents were bora
semua wV WwerDst 1
tough he ss eae, Lacy ae ay of ce ing wit
ens alte de Phage eesti sean ep
‘ows ean hs arth Hanes hn ec lepers
te hat wn coming tae ote word eee” hennlThey 0
‘rapped pi ase ey Js on oa oes poe"
Code 571i the OCM resto “soil elaonthiprand groupe” Ihave
capone i hae 10 clog $714, which Te aeled “beteen-gcap
Tohnson’s Checklist
Allen foson, long with group of students ad clleages develope
shorogh checklist fo recanding cult data. Te ist was developed in
“onjnction with Jobaon's Time Alleation Project (ae Capit 18 92
“inet observation methods) The cata ect can be wed Boh ab 1
Tender of the Kinge of data you might want Co collect in 8 gene
‘Minopapie reset project aed asa template for cing ta ele
fad escsh ohoso's chee avalabe rom the Huan
Ate les, Ino See Toon et IDB} an Appendix for
‘Topical Codes 2: Making Up Your Own Mnemonics
Mary pope fod the ut of mame codes disusotng Mathew Mies
and Michael Heberman 1980) suthos of an excellent Dok on guaiaive
(isa analysis, voce he os of words on mnemonic hat ook ike he
Cigna concopt Like many resents, hey find ha mnemonic ees
{lite ECO for sconomser, DIV for vce, and 50 on) ae ese to
femember haste aubersHete's pec of Mies and Haberman’ scale
‘ook fossa hey did of novation school yenSor beipon cote
‘Aeon Poses ”
‘AtEm crnsop i ese ‘APetrono
‘Apert evoiagysbieranea AP ear
srceaniy Aree
‘ApMates feet
fein Aen
‘npRede Aenea
Anata valu of using yout own coe is hat they develop natal
‘20m your sly and you'll ind iteasytoremerber them as y08 coe Your
fetes cack day Suuss and Cob (1990.68) recommend using in vive
des ens for things Tn evo codes ste eatchy pases ce wore ures
by Informant Tn is yf Assan fsbemen,felfoyJahason bare
oople aking aboot "cow" The word tured out ob tic abel
foe's ype of person found In many organizations The ee meet In
‘iro tom th mouths of obeon’sinfrnis.
Ta ing vp yont ow cots, he aca nat og oo pcky Colin i
spp tobe ata educnnt rolietaton Mate ils was involve it
1 Raj edsogepic prot evaluate sx thls The reseches ech
evel that on caer The tof Se eu gre o 20 cea of
scoce proces, ransom dts, Ec he keeles
‘Sted hase el st was alge and hth ighy eine codes
‘were all neces I became peso anyooe to she weld ten
nd hey tapped cng ogee (ie, 1983129)
‘rive codes sso tad to dsappea fom you ibemory quickly when
you've wot usitg them. If you use yout own coding Shee, o if You
Inodty an existing scheme (ike the GCM), be sane awrite up a codebook
Incase you forge what "AS" or “EMP cr whatever dbbeviaions 300
Ateamed-p-a-ine-imeyou-dié-theexding meas
The impotent thing isnot mbich cong there you ube. tha you
code yournoer ado itcomistent Ison poets the cong scheme
{ker sape uth ais are wlten The schemes eviaed ot beer
becomes tale Some antoplopia, eves tase wBouse the OCM, wa
pomth en met eu how tit ld nates shaping op, efove ay
‘hn about how ocode the notes
“The Mechanics of Coding
tc cnet int the text ofthe fines ther at eto of ack
noe or tote ight orleftaieaf each ote Herelb a example of coding
bite top asap mnemonic cos)
412 MA X0R 11290 6 Wost ECO
seis ose you abt XOR The de ae 1990, a
‘Eesti shouts gion tombe lage oecty erent mre
"The nt cde navies hele Sos mpraion (IG, oe
‘in {WOM and abut anomie 20)
te he sme note coded on the ie
4a Wiaot esa 4121 sont an
Ma inoomaet raed MA eh 20, ad
KOR she ma ilige you el KOR The
O19 Seis Oat 1. 190s emis
MIG set MA gan om rl te
evans arbeing seu migrate (MI
‘on women (WOM, nd shot sma CO)
The choice of top cong o edge coding italy a mater of ase
speially yout aig computer, here's no aanage oon mets
‘over thot Allat-odel word proceso et you define clumas that
Sou can fpe naan et om th seoen you sam to ede your nes
eg th eget efve a maziow ola of, Sy, 15 ot 20 spaces or
‘ccades You cn pt the noes eer thigh oro he left a the text
Then defines baa cola of a7, SD 55 clams forthe body of ext
"You can ae inespessive compute pogtams 1 count te number ot
tines that words oc in year text Gee Appendix for ast softare)
By lookingat ico words that arerepetat en, youcan getints aout
‘hemes a your ots This wi belp You sede en ais af cde words
‘Whea you fave a listo ode words, ore word proseso to pra the
‘ses and pt hom nto You ots whatever you wast Gety Ran bab
‘evalope system of macros fr WordPerfect 1th et you bul the
‘ode Ist and inser your codes io You nots, eter along the eee
Sexo the top of ech sot Ryan, 1983, 19030).Using Computers
1 stall posite wt your ates on computer As Tithe og made
tobeatig eno san tok, nd you edo beable oar) send with
You in your backpack bg day Teeings we aways ging 9 e ong,
{al ave sme pcels ar napkin with ong I'm rather fondo) The
(Gay 00 personal Soument and ie me, tte te sms hig You
Jas like to wre ith penn your asd el t's what dasa oe
‘Bot when eames to as up eld oes, hte ot ach oe ait
thet dys lr atng ye word proceso acboloey Computers ae til
prety expensive for stents, snd fe atnopaogsts walk in places
‘here there sno wy evento acess te enegy fom a ep ater or
[Eoma ve of soar clltorus x computer, bat mot sntvoplogst oy
‘ca mod poconor fe op tht fad note
Thine pape you ped notes on compe, you sil ned
sountheanout ey yan hes abroad sound Aral at
peat ithe sour esol ofa our bckup dks ar destoyel na
‘eT ke os paper aka nd i everyhng a big pe dole
paced o yu ca sean your nts easy. Ties mea eoeable source
‘Soits et tosve ppt, hyve acomputr” Fan stakes wg nee
dest uch tan with peo and pps aayperis Ssoe, RIPE
our aoe on + word proce, ou cas use nt Munagemen Fea
Reducing the Chore Factor
Les facet Atte ahd day wetingal ve own} [teva he
lunge th desert intriewing oop banging ut oF eotding non
Uitbeivi iv sad oirdown sag woe fil noes Sometimes ie
Alowarigh ining Ve know thie muchabow edness: The
fener you wie up your obscrvttns, the more dtl You ean gst Jon
More steer Mach mores nah bates excep of core, when ta
ne rytematically Based, wich case mote is ede worse) Wad
Frowsnon remove some ofthe ininsation They make texte sped
theca time ping ‘reshoughis into veuievable foam
Using a Text Management Program
‘atonal, setches of et se handled hy te cu ean method.
in which you layout our nee ins oF
ae Ho Tt Ca on Manage a
‘he fos, ive wit them bande hem an ead hem over and ove sen,
lack bunches of them tos boleinhoud, and evntealy ge fel fot
‘thas in teo. This followed by the inteocela pease est whee
You wai fr pate wo hit You betwee he ees
Thisanyaotscem hike awry slntifc ways dig things but doe
now anyway has beter No sgl owas working tose for ess
tian 2 years can produce me fed motes than she ore ci arp by
paving and shutting though them For hac fon and sale tia,
Fothing beats puing and ste fingtrvgh ous notes hnng abo
ham Astar ab 'mconetted theres olag ssf hain pape
‘sen you're eying to ndersand he pate of mate in ext
‘Using tat management CT) progtas, ough, makes the work mone
fon itis et usual or sntvopeopin to produce 10,000 weds some
rel in field notes Tha the egutalnt of « a-page,deue spaced
eso aboot 6 pases a day Tas won't hsppen every werk, but when
You're doing eon bombed al a long wit new sensi eper=
“nce ierviewing interns about pcs tht aly an aeehing
ts you wating 40 pape of eld note ety Even aa tore mote lip
You're ely to acum S100 page of mle in gee
"ov do you manage all that formation? When you getdate by
the size ofthe noe ple, te ea hep You know yore ckig vy
fiom tking lt of woes on the theory that wer notes ste esis
ale Tow i happeaed tome, and has baponod to may of on
folleages This is wee 1x management sofevme comes in
TM programs ate why touseds a previa dedeted compuphbes
‘ows computre Word processors may be s godiens, but you cans
‘ny Someone csc type ets it a computer. TM pga sean
‘mate: They hep you do what oly you can do—analyze fl notes ot
ny ber ext etrial)—and fey make fon TM pogrms es very
‘ingle word in acorpus of textasa keyword Withe TM progan you cat
Ss the compute fo “fad every aotein whch {wed te wed oma
bitoni if Tako wed the word “migration” within thee ines ofthe wort
‘To Code oF Not o Cade
2 rogams mks tmp to id cosig note Re is
temptation Yoo ean wath a wedding ctesony fr as spend
nd ll wing a 2 ogo ots our senate deere!
se the words slags “alt= our te Tf You weeti
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manage find th word mang” you'llteleeal he otesio wich
Jouaiwetht wend You won'ingany ofthe 22 pegs where youre
Bowie neg crema you stented
"hate you cde yur nes i be OCM scheme ot with yout own
inaemons te TM pagan atthe cde he same a Would est
hy oer wenden your ext Soppse you wan to find ll he nots
Ate you del ih ata migaion 16 inthe OGM), Yor das
The comput final the nate at ve the ode 166 (r the wre
mig) Of seu wil edge op ote hat Rave the Word
{tanned tnt ht conte he wonds gran"
nd mitt
ou want Cl shou ein which ou dea with migration an wh
newark wlaon (72 c= sbesegoy of fendi, you'd ak the
Computer find tose ots hat cone mbes 166 and 5721
{he same line" Tis resumes that you've puta You Copia oes on
Snelne If you'e left ap toe tier te topo exch otf oie
‘Stes gouask te compe ond 1662083721 thy sur wai
She ies of one enter”
Withee sel mer, soe, 08 ned fern sewch tay
you hive 3 ie of tet on eck dove spaced page ofl nots
incre tanscrpon you ot bare indeing codes anjwhee lng
tis cae of yo fom ae to ine 66 To unl hs robles
‘kesdeon smh dln the tps btm och fit ote Then
Sowete kh TM progr took ft pal taste of oder cre
Emcee mae Here one of Gen Shey s nts coded along the
Sige Ticiswhmr the dlersigncomesie i's aes deiner Tell
{he ompuc whee ote bei ad eed
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rain I ingot have eno Spo
° es ental od py) Her end od scl
he wa acer for del sues
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eo aes eon She red ain 1972
a
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ope She doin wt tn neh pate bt
ey wl i or eter ry ih ate
1s) ‘Se ie cies) Bon with peg who az ao
‘she oma mays tlre shot CAPD Ste
wou athe a th bat oma ie,
1 all you wast to dai ook for words ops of wonde in he txt
Gncting index words, o cos) ike “etion” an eile," he
Simple, inexpensive progr ike GaFe wl doth job Bera, 1992)
you want to specify ssc of wards tht aca ate eo line,
You conus a plop ke Search ot TALLY ot The EPHNOGRAPH
‘ee Appendix G fo infcematin thse program
“Gregory Trucs (1995) uses Search ad masks lf chunk of ot osing
‘shat te"BE convention” He ark the begining of chunk of
{elated text witha cde a ale bracet an tark on he ets “Ba
beaming. Then he eses the sae coe, again nape rackets, ith the
Teter" tak ont mak he end ofthe ck
For example Trex mks he begining of ay tx bo lind we with
AND an mals he ed ofthe lock with ANDE. Then ee Sete 9
tetieve ay chunk of tht gis with ANDS ad ene wit ANDI He
a a iad jest thn unk that epi ith ANDI, od wit ANDI end
‘oman ome id cde ke AGRICULTURE. Trex nde tht poss
gain and yng." eal i helps him under i cp of est
Database Management for Paper Notes
But wht do you do if you have a ig pile of agers om res
‘gone y? The camputer-iedsauton otis problem i abs ae
Sbement, ot DBM,
soreone ark you to sggert a Fesch examen ths cola han
38000 per person, you search Euoogh the lit of ech estat 308
‘Kaow (Jou database of Feah estaursns) aed pall ot omy thove that
tls sts he second eiteron. You can handle this chose mesa, 0
Tong atthe it tht you have ta ech inner Tonga he ees
simulaneous erie you te erchng fre small‘Whes the is of things te database ges ong, ik th sto books,
ingly. then acing etl can eed st « DM. Fach cd coming
iniomaton (autor, ie date of pobeaton ee) abou eah hing nthe
ubuse The problem wih cad catalogs i tht there one ng
Spove n the worl (oa can file card 89 author and by subject er
‘ample, but ot y publishes) and teks along time to search hogs
the daabeseby hand you ae ooking fer nook op statistical meths
Inthe soil wien, you mghchave to fook though al the books led
device" hough a thoes Ged oder “socal science, meth.
(ta and so 8
The ran mid te, 0, ut tine abate manager cad ies
‘scumlntd,btsiow A computer dtabsse manager i both fasten has
lied capacity Iean handle enrmous ss an doen ease you
[Sh itto sow on a oven cra sinulioneasy (See Stone etal 1965,
Tox he theory of DBM)
HM slat ie Fle Egret and Wampum, aval at fw cot
for ab popula odes of rosa Ge Appin G) You en ese
Dit sotto manage je id motes photos an ses, coletons at
ics colton of nes linge shot sn collin of hs
Tousendaabse manage, you sed to undestn Wo base coneps
seco and ils record the it whose characteristics you wan 2
fete The field are the ebaracterstics For example, you can think of
thle took nou personal ary athe wits ach boo then Becomes
‘Tresoud The deserve fies fr each rood might be: author, til
publishes, nef puliain nd seer fp ta wt wha ebook
FRatout Ifyou have 1/00 books soe itary. then yeu Have 1.00
esos Be database
Tahould now Re lem How you can use hs system to do searches of
papel fick noes cr tees Tut mabe the noe, staring Wb O00
‘Gamside each ate a ecnd and teste sponte destpive fies. As
Sra il sts, youl eon for the rae of he informant note
Tov te ple nce fo the de and several forthe lps covered
tach note, Sone nes ay pet one two tpl codes, es may need
10 eure to deling enough opcl ces when jou design our ashe
Tee codes ate araly exh
‘Once you've define the fils takes wo or hee minates pe fel
soto ett the coder That mesne ony about 300 80 hows of work a
fhe computer f eter ade fr 1000 pages of field noes Once tha
due, you can ao these nds of questions you can ask wi a ex
inant Thedfreoe tanh adabse ange, yuan nl 1k
forthe codes thatreptsen the Gels, ol very wot athe fet
cl’
Pes ey Hae ae Co a nae hem 2s
‘You can ak esis like “Which soles ae about efision, sho
bout pola factional, bot neat genetaional contr?” When
yoo ask your DBM syst fr iafrmaion like thy you get back
mower Tike: "Ie information you waat ison gee 112,334,516, 99,
‘20, and 1168" You spy fp thought datas of ete ot ob
Dou ap AS you do, ou wl e the ee page of cach eld ot ad
owl gt fel fer the coment
[Relational Database Management
Suppose yo have 3.600 paper of ld ots fom open ened ine
view! with 29 itrmans Now pose yu wet sk the enorme
Sze "Which newsbin and at als oe
Soya fag Tati geste hada Dt pope,
Youve tose vey now wih ie ge a gn of nos
There's a tetera elle! slatnaldaraate mangement =
san dase, you'd separ lot norman Touldbve
Bod esd onetoeachieomat ds ny fi fifa
You eed en each informant You canines cms
‘ges wht th pate’ ing, whether thy te ain on
‘Whee you ask "Which sts sbotsgstion ada enales ener
247 lao DBM progam finds te oe tte cel
acon dtr tp of hen
Then te plop loos each ae nth enor st Td be
inecmans aot code nt ks patio ine toma ie
te forse oem et ele ds he ram ps
‘he note tom the enpray ht When he plop fais cs oe
‘ete any of tent ofa soa cia ou es i oot
{eston Asking questions ke iss 3.00 craks ncoupe a
‘rons or ny ne model hoe compue
‘ih cio BM, you cin mle oes whee you maybe
seve shor of ifomante You can ave one fon pple wo ea
te epeinet (ike hes saw intenon peel antes on
opt who ae oi he exit ie cont) Then you ca ot
{ough aetions, i “Whats he sea erence in we gan for
se ee pen pang espa
1 th weight gio fr ehlren ho wee the propa, ao
shes mvitigeB we wee onthe ogame
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