Abstract
This paper reflects on fieldwork
undertaken at youth-led community radio
station, KCC Live. It draws on Goffman to
elucidate the differences between front
and backstage spaces at KCC Live, and
provides snapshots from research
encounters to illustrate the importance of
observant participation (over participant
observation) in permitting access to these
spaces. This paper celebrates the
embeddedness of the researcher as a
member of the community under study. In
doing so, it argues that immersion in
community research settings can enable
insight into the functioning, relationships,
rules and peculiarities of the place and
people, all of which are fundamental to
ethnographic research.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Children's Geographies |
Early online date | 20 Feb 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 20 Feb 2017 |
Keywords
- Observant participation
- participantobservation
- ethnography
- young people
- community radio
- fieldwork