Sociology of Understanding Others
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Book Introduction
What does it mean to 'understand others'?
How can we address the 'ambiguity of qualitative research'?
What is research that goes beyond 'facts and narrative'?
A book that can be enjoyed by everyone from beginners to general readers
A New Textbook for Social Research
Today, the importance of social research is growing beyond academia, in diverse fields such as village archives, urban regeneration, and cultural cities.
At this juncture, three Japanese sociologists at the forefront of qualitative research have detailed their specific and vivid field experiences.
This book, co-written by Masahiko Kishi, a sociologist who has already made a name for himself in Korea with works such as “The Sociology of the Fragmentary” and “Mangoes and Hand Grenades,” Tomonori Ishioka, who conducted research in Philippine slums, and Satomi Maruyama, who conducted fieldwork while living with homeless women, faithfully fulfills its role as a textbook on research methodology while not losing the fun of reading, and covers everything from the basics of qualitative research to its practical application based on the valuable and essential insights gained from each person’s field experience.
What does it mean to "understand others"? How can we resolve the ambiguities of qualitative research? What does research mean beyond facts and narratives? This book answers these fundamental questions, introduces a unique methodology from Japan, a country with a deep tradition of qualitative research, and demonstrates that true qualitative research is the process of discovering and understanding the rationality within the seemingly irrational behavior of others.
How can we address the 'ambiguity of qualitative research'?
What is research that goes beyond 'facts and narrative'?
A book that can be enjoyed by everyone from beginners to general readers
A New Textbook for Social Research
Today, the importance of social research is growing beyond academia, in diverse fields such as village archives, urban regeneration, and cultural cities.
At this juncture, three Japanese sociologists at the forefront of qualitative research have detailed their specific and vivid field experiences.
This book, co-written by Masahiko Kishi, a sociologist who has already made a name for himself in Korea with works such as “The Sociology of the Fragmentary” and “Mangoes and Hand Grenades,” Tomonori Ishioka, who conducted research in Philippine slums, and Satomi Maruyama, who conducted fieldwork while living with homeless women, faithfully fulfills its role as a textbook on research methodology while not losing the fun of reading, and covers everything from the basics of qualitative research to its practical application based on the valuable and essential insights gained from each person’s field experience.
What does it mean to "understand others"? How can we resolve the ambiguities of qualitative research? What does research mean beyond facts and narratives? This book answers these fundamental questions, introduces a unique methodology from Japan, a country with a deep tradition of qualitative research, and demonstrates that true qualitative research is the process of discovering and understanding the rationality within the seemingly irrational behavior of others.
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index
Preface to the Korean edition
Introduction - Qualitative Research, Qualitative Know-How
Translator's Note
letter.
What is qualitative research?
1.
Sociology and Social Research 023
2.
What is 'Data' in Sociology 031
3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Research 036
4.
Qualitative Research 044
5.
What Does "Qualitative" Mean? 052
6.
"The Rationality of Others" and the Sociology of Understanding 061
7.
Summary 073
Chapter 1.
fieldwork
1.
Fieldwork 077
2.
Theme Setting 079
3.
Fieldwork 097
4.
Data Analysis and Paper Writing 127
5.
Fieldwork - Encountering a Type You Haven't Seen Yet 160
Chapter 2.
participant observation
1.
Building a Discussion from 'Mood' 165
2.
Setting the Problem in the Investigation 171
3.
Immersion in the Field 183
4.
Paper Writing 221
5.
Characteristics of Participant Observation: Real-Time Social Perception 246
Chapter 3.
Life history
1.
Listen to Life Stories 255
2.
History of Life History Research 282
3.
Try it out 318
4.
Studying Life History 349
5.
Finally - Life history is 'interesting in itself' 377
Reviews
Introduction - Qualitative Research, Qualitative Know-How
Translator's Note
letter.
What is qualitative research?
1.
Sociology and Social Research 023
2.
What is 'Data' in Sociology 031
3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Research 036
4.
Qualitative Research 044
5.
What Does "Qualitative" Mean? 052
6.
"The Rationality of Others" and the Sociology of Understanding 061
7.
Summary 073
Chapter 1.
fieldwork
1.
Fieldwork 077
2.
Theme Setting 079
3.
Fieldwork 097
4.
Data Analysis and Paper Writing 127
5.
Fieldwork - Encountering a Type You Haven't Seen Yet 160
Chapter 2.
participant observation
1.
Building a Discussion from 'Mood' 165
2.
Setting the Problem in the Investigation 171
3.
Immersion in the Field 183
4.
Paper Writing 221
5.
Characteristics of Participant Observation: Real-Time Social Perception 246
Chapter 3.
Life history
1.
Listen to Life Stories 255
2.
History of Life History Research 282
3.
Try it out 318
4.
Studying Life History 349
5.
Finally - Life history is 'interesting in itself' 377
Reviews
Into the book
We can never 'completely' understand the typist.
To begin with, we are not even sure whether we understand ourselves properly.
Moreover, we should not assume that we can easily understand those who are victims of discrimination or violence, or those we do not normally interact with.
I regret that I cannot fully discuss this weighty issue here, but I will say this.
Trying to understand the typist lightly is violence.
--- p.69
We cannot be a party to it, nor can we easily understand its hardships.
However, by understanding their circumstances, you may be able to become their 'neighbors'.
It might be possible to remain silent and stay by your side.
It might be fair to say that the ultimate goal of sociology, based on qualitative research, is to enable us to become neighbors through understanding the rationality of others.
--- p.71
Sociological qualitative research, which is also the subject of this book, was an act of 'trying to understand others.'
But isn't the act of entering the field with vague interest and curiosity, meeting the batter, and taking the time to think about what you most wanted to know about them ultimately an act of trying to understand the batter, and in fact, an act of finding out who you are?
--- p.160
I believe that the value of a paper based on participant observation lies not only in what is written but also in what is not written.
This is also something I learned in a seminar I attended when I was a graduate student.
The seminar was mainly about each person's progress report, and we continued to hear reports on various topics on the spot.
We were discussing the sociology of 'social problems' in a broad sense, including leprosy, the disabled movement, domestic violence, and areas vacated by public works projects.
What I learned from the professor in charge at that time was that I should refrain from describing all the research results as if they were all there.
--- p.243
I speak without fear of misunderstanding.
Research is not limited to life history, and any research, whether quantitative or qualitative, is fundamentally violence against others.
'They' do not live to be investigated by 'us'.
Our investigators step into the places where 'they' live, struggle, and are hurt, gather stories, and then leave.
This is especially true when the research topic concerns structural discrimination between the majority and the minority, but even when the topic appears at first glance to be unrelated to discrimination or human rights issues, research is fundamentally and fundamentally violent.
It is already established as the 'structure' of that place.
To begin with, we are not even sure whether we understand ourselves properly.
Moreover, we should not assume that we can easily understand those who are victims of discrimination or violence, or those we do not normally interact with.
I regret that I cannot fully discuss this weighty issue here, but I will say this.
Trying to understand the typist lightly is violence.
--- p.69
We cannot be a party to it, nor can we easily understand its hardships.
However, by understanding their circumstances, you may be able to become their 'neighbors'.
It might be possible to remain silent and stay by your side.
It might be fair to say that the ultimate goal of sociology, based on qualitative research, is to enable us to become neighbors through understanding the rationality of others.
--- p.71
Sociological qualitative research, which is also the subject of this book, was an act of 'trying to understand others.'
But isn't the act of entering the field with vague interest and curiosity, meeting the batter, and taking the time to think about what you most wanted to know about them ultimately an act of trying to understand the batter, and in fact, an act of finding out who you are?
--- p.160
I believe that the value of a paper based on participant observation lies not only in what is written but also in what is not written.
This is also something I learned in a seminar I attended when I was a graduate student.
The seminar was mainly about each person's progress report, and we continued to hear reports on various topics on the spot.
We were discussing the sociology of 'social problems' in a broad sense, including leprosy, the disabled movement, domestic violence, and areas vacated by public works projects.
What I learned from the professor in charge at that time was that I should refrain from describing all the research results as if they were all there.
--- p.243
I speak without fear of misunderstanding.
Research is not limited to life history, and any research, whether quantitative or qualitative, is fundamentally violence against others.
'They' do not live to be investigated by 'us'.
Our investigators step into the places where 'they' live, struggle, and are hurt, gather stories, and then leave.
This is especially true when the research topic concerns structural discrimination between the majority and the minority, but even when the topic appears at first glance to be unrelated to discrimination or human rights issues, research is fundamentally and fundamentally violent.
It is already established as the 'structure' of that place.
--- p.268
Publisher's Review
As the importance of social research grows,
The secrets and charms of qualitative research revealed by researchers working on the front lines.
There are two main methodologies for viewing and analyzing society.
One is the quantitative paradigm, which pursues objectivity and generalization and tends to statisticalize, hierarchize, and sequence everything, while the other is the qualitative paradigm, which recognizes (inter)subjectivity and focuses on the composition of meaning and experience that cannot be captured in numbers.
Among them, Japan's qualitative methodology tradition is very unique and deep. Representative field researchers from Japan, including Masahiko Kishi, who is well known in Korea for his works such as "Sociology of the Fragmentary" and "Mangoes and Hand Grenades," Tomonori Ishioka, who conducted qualitative research in a Philippine slum, and Satomi Maruyama, who conducted fieldwork while living with homeless women, introduce the tradition and methods in an easy and fun way.
The authors state that while writing this book, they wanted to emphasize the most important thing: 'Everyone has a reason for their actions.'
And I believe that the ultimate goal of sociology based on qualitative research should be to ultimately explain this 'reason'.
The ultimate goal of sociological research through qualitative research is
By understanding the "rationality of others," we become "neighbors" to one another.
Simply put, qualitative research is 'research that does not use numbers.'
It is about collecting and analyzing only 'qualitative' data, such as interviews, listening, participant observation, and collecting historical materials and newspaper articles.
Qualitative research rarely yields clear, unambiguous knowledge, as does quantitative research.
It's just a faithful investigation, like something that's nothing special, like something with its feet on the ground, like something that crawls on the ground.
Therefore, the knowledge that can be obtained from there is not certain and is often ambiguous and difficult to organize.
But there is a living, moving world that is revealed only through this qualitative investigation.
Qualitative research encompasses a variety of methods, including commonly used participant observation and life history, as well as video analysis, conversation analysis, and ethnomethodology. However, this book covers three basic types of research: fieldwork, participant observation, and life history.
First, in the beginning, we discussed what qualitative research is in the first place by comparing it with very roughly organized quantitative research. In Chapter 1, we talk about the experience of fieldwork as a 'comprehensive survey', and in Chapter 2, the more 'physical' 'participant observation' is introduced.
And Chapter 3 tells us about 'life history' research based on personal stories.
The secrets and charms of qualitative research revealed by researchers working on the front lines.
There are two main methodologies for viewing and analyzing society.
One is the quantitative paradigm, which pursues objectivity and generalization and tends to statisticalize, hierarchize, and sequence everything, while the other is the qualitative paradigm, which recognizes (inter)subjectivity and focuses on the composition of meaning and experience that cannot be captured in numbers.
Among them, Japan's qualitative methodology tradition is very unique and deep. Representative field researchers from Japan, including Masahiko Kishi, who is well known in Korea for his works such as "Sociology of the Fragmentary" and "Mangoes and Hand Grenades," Tomonori Ishioka, who conducted qualitative research in a Philippine slum, and Satomi Maruyama, who conducted fieldwork while living with homeless women, introduce the tradition and methods in an easy and fun way.
The authors state that while writing this book, they wanted to emphasize the most important thing: 'Everyone has a reason for their actions.'
And I believe that the ultimate goal of sociology based on qualitative research should be to ultimately explain this 'reason'.
The ultimate goal of sociological research through qualitative research is
By understanding the "rationality of others," we become "neighbors" to one another.
Simply put, qualitative research is 'research that does not use numbers.'
It is about collecting and analyzing only 'qualitative' data, such as interviews, listening, participant observation, and collecting historical materials and newspaper articles.
Qualitative research rarely yields clear, unambiguous knowledge, as does quantitative research.
It's just a faithful investigation, like something that's nothing special, like something with its feet on the ground, like something that crawls on the ground.
Therefore, the knowledge that can be obtained from there is not certain and is often ambiguous and difficult to organize.
But there is a living, moving world that is revealed only through this qualitative investigation.
Qualitative research encompasses a variety of methods, including commonly used participant observation and life history, as well as video analysis, conversation analysis, and ethnomethodology. However, this book covers three basic types of research: fieldwork, participant observation, and life history.
First, in the beginning, we discussed what qualitative research is in the first place by comparing it with very roughly organized quantitative research. In Chapter 1, we talk about the experience of fieldwork as a 'comprehensive survey', and in Chapter 2, the more 'physical' 'participant observation' is introduced.
And Chapter 3 tells us about 'life history' research based on personal stories.
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- Date of issue: February 6, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 384 pages | 660g | 152*225*26mm
- ISBN13: 9791168261600
- ISBN10: 1168261600
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