Konstruktywistyczna etnografia wirtualnej społeczności w Arabii Saudyjskiej

• Authors: Yeslam Al-Saggaf , Kirsty Williamson

Title variants

EN

Doing ethnography from within a constructivist paradigm to explore virtual communities in Saudi Arabia

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Większość badań w ramach współczesnej literatury skupia się na użytej przez badacza metodzie, ale nie na filozofii, która za nią stoi. W artykule tym opisujemy badanie etnograficzne, prowadzone w duchu paradygmatu konstruktywistycznego, którego celem było eksplorowanie zjawiska uczestnictwa w wirtualnych społecznościach w Arabii Saudyjskiej. Przedstawiamy, jak zostały wykorzystane określone techniki etnografii – obserwacja niejawna i uczestnictwo. Dowodzimy, że ten sposób prowadzenia etnografii pozwolił na umiejscowienie rezultatów badania w ramach społecznego i kulturowego kontekstu społeczeństwa saudyjskiego. W artykule, zilustrowanym wstępnymi wynikami, konkludujemy, że roczna obserwacja ukryta i ośmiomiesięczne uczestniczenie w dwóch różnych, lecz podobnych wirtualnych społecznościach dostarczyły wniosków, które można uznać za głębokie, znaczące i bogate w opisie.

EN

Most of the studies in the recent literature focus on the method used but not the philosophy behind it. This article focuses on doing ethnography, from within a constructivist paradigm, to explore individuals’ participation in virtual communities in Saudi Arabia. An aim of this article is to highlight how particular ethnographic techniques, viz unobtrusive observation and participation, were used in that study. The article argues that doing ethnography in this way allowed for placing the results within the social and cultural context of Saudi society. The article, which includes a sample of the findings from the two techniques involved for illustration, concludes that the one-year unobtrusive observation and the eight months’ participation in two different but similar virtual communities, during the period 2001-2002, have produced findings that are deep, meaningful and rich in description.

Keywords

PL

etnografia; paradygmat konstruktywistyczny; konstruktywistyczna etnografia; obserwacja niejawna; NVivo; społeczności wirtualne; Arabia Saudyjska; kobiety saudyjskie

EN

ethnography; constructivist paradigm; constructivist ethnography; unobtrusive observation; NVIVO; virtual communities; Saudi Arabia; Saudi women

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 106-123

Contributors

author

Yeslam Al-Saggaf

• Charles Sturt University & Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australia

author

Kirsty Williamson

• Monash University & Charles Sturt University, Australia

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