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The importance of building closeness between interviewer and interviewee- Building closeness between the interviewer and interviewee can help get a better connection between the two. Without a connection first the researcher might not get all the information because there is a weak bond between them; the interviewee might not share everything. But the research does need to maintain a professional attitude and not become attached.
c. Building trust- building trust is important when researching because if there isn’t trust then the interviewee will not want to share their thoughts. The interviewee will not be comfortable with the interviewer. The chapter mentions, “if the person you are interviewing doesn’t trust you of feel comfortable in your presence, then the interview is unlikely to go well” (pg. 91).
d. Feminist concerns of power- Esterberg mentions the power struggle between the interviewee and the interviewer. There is a concern that the interviewer considered the interviewee as a “subject” (pg. 92). There is a need to keep the interviewee seen as a person rather than an object. There is an argument about keeping the interests of the interviewee confidential and valued rather than data.
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Denying Race – Denying race is changing you race to be one with another race. it’s like being in the shoes of another race when you really are not that race. people take on different cultures and races that they most fit into, for instances, a white people living in an African American community is likely to take on the Africana American culture because it is hat they are around.
4. Finally, please review Rodriguez’s discussion and summary of how “scene members use culture in two ways”.
The phrase, “scene members use culture in two ways” (pg. 664) means they first use hip-hop as a way to connect with another culture of music. Second people who are in the hip-hop scene use it to make meaning of it. They look at power struggle between African Americans and white as well as the inequality between he two groups.