Titolo La spiona, il parassita, l'ortodosso. Tre racconti di osservazione partecipante. Periodico Rassegna italiana di sociologia Anno: 2001 - Volume: 42 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 309 - Pagina finale: 322
Three young ethnographers tell about their first fieldwork experience, in a sort of confessional tale. The "spy" chooses a covert method to study the topic of gossip among a group of teachers. The "parasite" takes advantage of his job as a barman to describe the social space of a railway station. The "orthodox" applies the traditional methods of organizational ethnography to study the effects of Nhs reform on hospital organizations. In each paper they describe - in a very personal way - emotions, fears, critical events and ethical dilemmas faced while carrying out their researches, as well as what they learnt about "field ethnography" during this first experience.