How can I present myself and the project as being beneficial to my subject?
Will I need to get in front of the class and teach for a day?
Can we see examples of completed Ethnographic projects?
Where does the rhetoric come in to play with the project and interview? The subject may not like hearing the word rhetoric. Our class has a different understand of rhetoric then regular people.
How can I make the subject understand that I am not just a shadow for a day?
What if the subject will not give me the time for a visit to their office to observe the workspace?
My subject published a book about the editing and publishing process. What if my subject tells me to simply buy the book?
What should I do if the subject wants to meet before I complete my research proposal?
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I'll try to touch on a few of your questions here.
Yes, we will be looking at a few examples of completed ethnographic projects (Selzer's article, of course, is one example, but we'll also read one's composed by students, too). We'll be reading these later in the semester when we talk about moving from our data collection to our analysis and writing.
If the person just says, "Buy the book," reiterate to him or her that the purpose of the research project is not only to learn more about the career field itself but also to learn more about this specific person's writing/editing practices as well as to learn HOW TO STUDY writing practices (rather than simply learning how to write or edit).
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