The Possibility of Citizens' Research

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  • 市民調査という可能性
  • 市民調査という可能性 : 調査の主体と方法を組み直す
  • シミン チョウサ ト イウ カノウセイ チョウサ ノ シュタイ ト ホウホウ オ クミ ナオス
  • 調査の主体と方法を組み直す

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One of the central arguments about fieldwork is the problem of the relation between the investigator and the subject. Not constrained to the sphere of ethics, this problem extends even to that of the methodological and the epistemological.<BR>This paper presents “citizens' research” as a way to find socially meaningful practice from fieldwork, which is essentially polysemous. “Citizens' research” is also necessary in volunteer activities. Citizens' research is not a simplified version of professional research but in itself possesses original features and meanings. From ordinary people's perspective, it selects and combines various types of methodology with the objective to identify problems and find concrete solutions, whereas professional research is based on strict methodology and aims to contribute to a specific discipline. This paper also discusses what kind of social institution and mechanism should be created to make citizens' research become a socially powerful tool.

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