Nikolaidou, Zoe
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Work identity in ethnographic research - Developing field roles in a demanding workplace settingMer info International Journal of Qualitative Methods 2013, 12 : 152-167. In this article we problematize our field roles as two linguistic ethnographers who aim to study the communication and documentation practices drawn upon by care workers in elderly care facilities in Sweden. Our field roles are discussed in relation to the complex nature of care workers’ knowledge and competence, which results from three different aspects of their work-identities: institutional, professional, and individual. As researchers, we found ourselves in constant dialogue with the research participants, and our field roles were continuously shaped and reshaped according to the individuals and the situations in which we became involved. Even aspects of our own identities taken into the field, such as our background and personal qualities, proved to be important in establishing good relations with the care staff. Coming closer to the participants’ professional identity proved to be of utmost importance for interpreting their choices and decisions in the workplace. Identity negotiation is presented here as a constructive way of discussing ethnographic field roles in the research field.
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In: International Advances in Writing Research. Anderson, South Carolina : Parlor Press, 2012. 507-519.
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In: Med språket som arbetsredskap. Huddinge : Södertörns högskola, 2012. 35-48.
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Vardagskunskapen, arbetet och lagen - Om skriftpraktiker och yrkesidentiteter i äldreomsorgenMer info In: Att läsa och att skriva. Umeå : Umeå universitet och Kungl. Skytteanska Samfundet, 2012. 235-251.
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The use of Activity Theory in literacy research - Working and developing a professional portfolio and the interaction of the two activitiesMer info Literacy and Numeracy Studies 2011, 19 (1): 3-18.
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The literacy practices of developing vocational portfolios - interacting activities, negotiating identities and enacting hybrid discoursesMer info
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Literacy and the possession of symbolic capital - An ethnography of the role of literacy in the lives of immigrants in AthensMer info Saarbrücken : VDM Verlag, 2009.
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International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 2006, 1 (3): 9-16.
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