Conspicuous Invisibility: Shadowing as a Data Collection Strategy

Autor/in	Quinlan, Elizabeth
Titel	Conspicuous Invisibility: Shadowing as a Data Collection Strategy
Quelle	In: Qualitative Inquiry, 14 (2008) 8, S.1480-1499 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1077-8004
DOI	10.1177/1077800408318318
Schlagwörter	Allied Health Occupations; Nursing; Job Shadowing; Data Collection; Researchers; Institutional Research; Ethnography; Medical Care Evaluation; Qualitative Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitsberuf; Krankenpflege; Data capture; Datensammlung; Researcher; Forscher; Institutionelle Forschung; Ethnografie; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	Shadowing entails a researcher closely following a subject over a period of time to investigate what people actually do in the course of their everyday lives, not what their roles dictate of them. Behaviors, opinions, actions, and explanations for those actions are reflected in the resulting thick, descriptive data. There is little written that describes the uses of shadowing as a data collection strategy; this article sets out to respond to this deficit. Based on shadowing experiences, the article explores the dimensions of conspicuous invisibility: being there but not being there, negotiating distance within the proximity to subjects, and maintaining an identity as a researcher while forming enduring friendships. It argues that shadowing is useful as a data collection technique for institutional ethnography. (Contains 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10