Before revision: Robert M. Emerson, Rachel Fretz, and Linda Shaw summarize this idea in their book Writing Ethnographic Field Notes : “the fieldworker cannot and should not attempt to be a fly on the wall.” Ybema et al.
After revision: using a common metaphorRobert M. Emerson, Rachel Fretz, and Linda Shaw summarize this idea in their book Writing Ethnographic Field Notes : “the fieldworker cannot and should not attempt to be a fly on the wall.” Ybema et al.