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Changing Personas and Evolving Identities: the Contestation and Renegotiation of Researcher Roles in Fieldwork.

Purdy, Laura and Jones, R. (2013) Changing Personas and Evolving Identities: the Contestation and Renegotiation of Researcher Roles in Fieldwork. Sport, Education and Society, 18 (3). pp. 292-310. ISSN Print: 1357-3322 Online: 1470-1243

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss the development and evolution of particular personas adopted
by researchers in the quest for rich exchanges within the social field. It analyses my role (the
principal author) as a female ethnographer (and the sole female) in the world of elite male rowing.
Data are drawn from personal notes, reflections and observations during a five-month-long training
camp. My experiences are located within dramaturgical social theory and, in particular, Goffman’s work on face and impression management. The significance of the work is twofold. Firstly, it lies in recognising the strategies we use and the identities we construct as researchers in negotiating the social field towards desired ends. Secondly, it raises awareness of the implications performances have for the nature of the data gathered and the conclusions drawn from them.

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Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: researcher roles, Goffman, ethnography, rowing, sport
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: College of Business, Psychology and Sport > School of Sport and Exercise Science
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Depositing User: Laura Purdy
Date Deposited: 10 Apr 2012 09:31
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2020 16:56
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1555

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