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Qualitative Research Theory, Method and Practice ‘Second edition alte by David Sitverman @©SAGE Publications In memory of Carolyn Baker and Phil Strong, fine sociologists and good friends. "Zh oube nut pate © tone Perr sSP = camo mewatarha ose suiabetsn te bth ay erro Coares Cane Nant 28041827 "pet kon, eras Mion — Part Itt Texts 4 snarysing documentary ratios Pat Ao ar ity INTRODUCTION: DOCUMENTARY REALITIES {significant amount of contemporary ethnographic fldwork takes place In terate socket, in nganizational roe seting in which dacs sre writen, read, sored and ceulted. Ethnographic fksork wa Toncaly conceived and devtoped for resurch in esentally a tings rot only in nonterate societies, oem studied by socal antvopologits Duta seal calles or sabuiture in mae advanced iterate soveties Incontat, contemporary fieldwork often conducted in selings ha are themelies document bythe nigenns socal scr. While sock dct "mentary work arly ‘ethnographic i sll, te important fo recog {extent to which many clares and stings ae self donating Inthe ‘oper we consider some ofthe methodological consent fading “documentary societies ae cultures Weindseat sme ofthe waysin which squaitatve ld researcher can et abo the sty of documentary eles fd he locaton of documentary rk within he abe of everyday sa fe is imprtat to doso beens many suave researchers continu Produce ethnographic acount of comple, erat soll worlds as they ‘werentely witht wrtingor tents Many publahed stati forexample ‘cepatona professional enganzational nd even educational or cade ‘etings are mpc represent sed wen documents a hee form extal econding Such acount ono thtlore lead paste tothe settings they purport to describe, and it necssry to res the talancifony fr thesaketcompletenesand felt othe stingsof sot sarc, ‘Organizations and other rezach stings hive a vanity of ways of representing thametesclactvly bah to temeles ad es It "herefore imperative tour understanding of contrary soles = ) sehether our own near-t-hand, or one to which we ae strange and distant — Incorporates appreciation’ ef thee process an pred of sal Sesetpnon’ Conse for laces des-typeal ngteaton. goes ‘ily without sping atte Guntessenilly meer Kind of Sat Formations horowsh pendent on peprwork Adminstrator aoa {ant levers cv sevens manage Hl evel ad other experts 0 Speci huconare ar alt oy en extensively. involve nthe [roductonandcosemptonfeiten cos andathe dst document {tive wish to understand how such organizations werk ad how people ‘work within ther then we cat ofr Yo gre the ais aces {Sradesandverters Mosse we wihto urs how egenzatons faction ona day-to-day bass then we abo eed to fake accu ofthese ‘online a nd ols of coring, lng arching and een ira: ‘on nde, the colectve rgatatoncl works dependent nthe caecve ‘ema tht such ete aero cons cota, Tn addon to these familar record-keeping task organizations also roducsignficntdocumentsefther Kinds ndodng van) o ates Seemed with the sel-pesentton. These might tne sna reports Frospctuses, nancial acute an he ike Many though By mo me {those documents, ae produced for extra even publ Consmpton ‘Theymayeamangthe methods wher ogres publi theme compet with others in hesame meric or astlythemolves cet shareholders tours of governors or employers Inthe contemporary wor, ‘we should also ince eerie and dil resouresemengthe ways in ‘which documentary rsities ate prodace sn consumed Oganiatons {orexampie produce websites, promotional videos and sar rca ‘Thesaeallamongte ches and esourcethatareemployedtocreate ‘ro of ety snd scl pesenttons, Over and bore te tonal Acumen there are aso documentary records that embody inal Seton, teractions and encounters Popieprocessing profsions, ot ‘ample, routinely comple documents and tear of professiona-

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