ETHNOGRAPHİC NOTE-TAKİNG STRATEGİES İN THE FİELD: ON REFLEXİVİTY AND THE REFİNEMENT OF TEXT CONSTRUCTİON

Abstract

This study focuses on the refinement and strategies of writing field notes and constructing texts, which are one of the crucial elements of conducting ethnographic research. This article aims to provide a perspective and explanation of some of the strategic steps involved in the experience of writing fieldnotes. In this context, while conducting an ethnographic study, focusing on a research context by reaching the field, fulfilling the role of participant-observer properly, and especially transforming ethnographic experiences and observations into a written explanation, the codes of the textualization process were analyzed. In the rich and multi-layered environment of ethnographic research, this study also questions the positionality and reflexivity styles that each researcher will apply while texturizing their unique field experiences.

Keywords

• Ethnography
• field note
• positionality
• reflexivity
• textuality

SAHADA ETNOGRAFİK NOT ALMA STRATEJİLERİ: DÜŞÜNÜMSELLİK VE METİN İNŞA ETMENİN İNCELİKLERİ ÜZERİNE

Öz

Bu çalışma, etnografik bir araştırma yürütmenin en önemli unsurlarından birisi olan saha notları yazmanın ve metin inşa etmenin incelikleri ve stratejilerinin neler olabileceği üzerine odaklanmıştır. Bu kapsamda makale, alan notları yazma deneyimine ilişkin bazı stratejik adımlar hakkında açıklamalar ve bir perspektif sunmayı hedeflemiştir. Etnografik bir çalışma yürütürken, sahaya ulaşarak bir araştırma bağlamına odaklanma, katılımcı gözlemci rolünü layıkıyla yerine getirme ve özellikle etnografik deneyimleri ve gözlemleri yazılı bir açıklamaya dönüştürme yani metinselleştirme sürecinin şifreleri analiz edilmiştir. Etnografik araştırmanın zengin ve çok katmanlı ortamında, her bir araştırmacının kendi özgün saha deneyimlerini metinselleştirirken, başvuracakları konumsallık ve düşünümsellik tarzlarını da sorgulayan bu çalışma, saha notları almanın araştırmacıların kendilerini keşfetme ve araştırdıkları temaları inşa süreçlerinin diyalektik olarak birbirinden ayrılamayacak süreçler olduğunu ileri sürmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Etnografi
• alan notu
• konumsallık
• düşünümsellik
• metinsellik

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