Working with paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes: The centrality of by-products of social research

Goodwin, John; O'Connor, Henrietta; Phoenix, Ann; Edwards, Rosalind; Fahmy, E.; Bell, K.

Abstract

© Rosalind Edwards, John Goodwin, Henrietta O'Connor and Ann Phoenix 2017. All rights reserved. This book asks the important question; Can the by-products of research activity be treated as data and of research interest in themselves? This groundbreaking interdisciplinary volume considers the analytic value of a range of 'by-products' of social research and reading. These include electronically captured paradata on survey administration, notes written in the margins of research documents and literary texts, and fieldnotes and ephemera produced by social researchers. Revealing the relational nature of paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes, contributions examine how the craft of studying and analysing these by-products offers insight into the intellectual, social and ethical processes underpinning the activities of research and reading.

Citation

Edwards, R., Phoenix, A., O'Connor, H., Goodwin, J., Fahmy, E., & Bell, K. (2017). A. Phoenix, H. O'Connor, J. Goodwin, & R. Edwards (Eds.), Working with paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes: The centrality of by-products of social research. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715250

• Book Type: Book
• Acceptance Date: Nov 27, 2016
• Publication Date: Jan 27, 2017
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 1-169
• Book Title: Working with Paradata, Marginalia and Fieldnotes: The Centrality of By-Products of Social Research
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715250
• Keywords: paradata, survey research, poverty, researchers, marginalia
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/899588
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715250
• Additional Information: Corporate Creators : Rosalind Edwards, John Goodwin, Henrietta O’Connor and Ann Phoenix