HOW DID THINGS BECOME COMPLICATED?- Some methodological and ethical issues on the research of gossip Cover Image

HOW DID THINGS BECOME COMPLICATED?- Some methodological and ethical issues on the research of gossip
HOW DID THINGS BECOME COMPLICATED?- Some methodological and ethical issues on the research of gossip

Author(s): Ana Ashtalkovska Gajtanoska
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Институт за етнологија и антропологија, Универзиетет »Св. Кирил и Методиј«
Keywords: field research; gossip; control; researches; interlocutors; ethics

Summary/Abstract: This is an attempt for auto-evaluation of the methods that were applied during a research on gossip, as well as the ethical dilemmas that surround them. The hypothesis is that probably there will never be clear professional standards that should regulate, define and educate us in the “right” or “good” way of doing ethnological and anthropological research, especially when it comes to analyzing certain segments of every-day life, such as gossip. This situation, besides implying and offering a kind of freedom, at the same time could complicate our scientific work, and make it problematic.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 11-65
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: English
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