Το παρακάτω απόσπασμα είναι εισαγωγικό σημείωμα από ένα βιβλίο ποιοτικής κοινωνικής έρευνας που μελετάω τελευταίως. Αφορά την αξία των συνεντεύξεων ως μέθοδος έρευνας, αλλά έχει και περαιτέρω νοήματα αν το ψάξει κάποιος. Μου άρεσε πάρα πολύ και σας το μεταφέρω...
After much cloistered study, three youths came before Halcolm to ask how they might further increase their knowledge and wisdom. Halcolm sensed that they lacked experience in the real world, but he wanted to have them make the transition from seclusion to stages.
During the first stage he sent them forth under a six-month vow of silence. They wore the identifying garments of the muted truth-seekers so that people would know they were forbidden to speak. Each day, according to their instructions, they sat at the market in whatever village they entered, watching but never speaking. After six months in this fashion they returned to Halcolm.
“So”, Halcolm began, “you have returned. Your period of silence is over. Your transition to the world beyond our walls of study has begun. What have you learned so far?”
The first youth answered: “In every village the patterns are the same. People come to the market. They buy the goods they need, talk with friends and leave. I have learned that all markets are alike and the people in markets always the same”.
Then the second youth reported: “I too watched the people come and go in the markets. I have learned that all life is coming and going, people forever moving to and from in search of food and basic material things. I understand now the simplicity of social life.”
Halcolm looked at the the third youth: “And what have you learned?”
“I saw the markets and the same people as my fellow travellers, yet I know not what they know. My mind is filled with questions. Where did the people come from? What were they thinking and feeling as they came and went? How did they happen to be at this market on this day? Who did they leave behind? How was today the same or different for them? I have failed. Master, for I am filled with questions rather than answers, questions for the people I saw. I do not know what I have learned.”
Halcolm smiled. “You have learned most of all. You have learned the importance of finding out what people have to say about their experiences. You are ready now to return to the world, this time without the vow of silence”.
“Go forts now and question. Ask and listen. The world is just beginning to open up to you. Each person you question can take you into a new part of the world. The skilled questioner and attentive listener know how to enter into another’s experience. If you ask and listen, the world will always be new”.
From Halcolm,s Epistemological Parables,
Patton, M.Q, 2002, Qualitative research and evaluation methods (3rd ed), Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications
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