Persona anthropologica w terenie badawczym. Analiza wybranych narracji etnograficznych

Abstract

In the fieldwork ethnographers play roles in different interactions and the roles are associated
with the roles of others. Study of individuals is a relational, dynamic process and the gained
knowledge is the objectivized result of this interaction. The researcher must constantly negotiate
his/her place in the field, because the subjects are trying to embed the ethnographer in a variety
of roles, shaped by macrostructural and situational factors. The article analysis the process structures,
which takes place in the research, in particular typifications, institutional expectations and
orientations, action schemes, and turning points. The analytical material are selected example of
narrative ethnography genre.