TSOCWF 390 Introduction to Research (CJ) : 2nd Person Practices

There are two categories of  2nd person practices in social research:

Hermenutical-Interpretive Techniques and Ethnomethodology Techniques. 

  These categories of 2nd person practice both involve:

• Worldviews
• Social norms
• Customs
• Shared values that inform relationships
• Community processes
• Mutual understanding
• Social appropriateness

• Interviews
• Focus groups
• Interpretive analysis
• Collective relfection and visioning exercises
• Textual analysis

• Participant-Observer Techniques
• Appreciative Inquiry
• Cultural Anthropological Techniques

Start with the following resources to learn how to conduct research using these methods:

In order to research using 2nd person practices, you may want to first explore social norms, customs and values of the group you're researching. If the group is of a particular ethnic or religious culture, consider investigating that culture. Below are some resources that will help you.