Learning How to Find Out: Theories of Knowledge and Learning in Field Research Export

@article{citeulike:4187586, abstract = {In Learning How to Ask, Charles Briggs argues that asking questions follows cultural conventions. Field workers carry assumptions about the nature of talk and knowledge, and their questions may elicit different kinds of information and relationships than expected. This article looks ethnographically at theories of knowledge in Akuapem, Ghana, and how they interacted with the author's own native theories in interviews. Learning local conventions of knowledge transmission thus becomes one of the major tasks for the field worker. 10.1177/1525822X0101300405}, author = {Coe, Cati}, citeulike-article-id = {4187586}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1525822X0101300405}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://fmx.sagepub.com/content/13/4/392.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://fmx.sagepub.com/content/13/4/392.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://fmx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/4/392}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1525822X0101300405}, journal = {Field Methods}, keywords = {field, find, how, knowledge, learning, out, researcharch, theories}, month = {November}, number = {4}, pages = {392--411}, posted-at = {2009-10-13 06:50:39}, priority = {3}, title = {Learning How to Find Out: Theories of Knowledge and Learning in Field Research}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1525822X0101300405}, volume = {13}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4187586 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4187586 N2 - In Learning How to Ask, Charles Briggs argues that asking questions follows cultural conventions. Field workers carry assumptions about the nature of talk and knowledge, and their questions may elicit different kinds of information and relationships than expected. This article looks ethnographically at theories of knowledge in Akuapem, Ghana, and how they interacted with the author's own native theories in interviews. Learning local conventions of knowledge transmission thus becomes one of the major tasks for the field worker. 10.1177/1525822X0101300405 IS - 4 JF - Field Methods EP - 411 TI - Learning How to Find Out: Theories of Knowledge and Learning in Field Research VL - 13 SP - 392 KW - field KW - find KW - how KW - knowledge KW - learning KW - out KW - researcharch KW - theories AU - Coe, Cati PY - 2001/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1525822X0101300405 ER -