While I would say that on the whole I feel comfortable with my progress with the project, I am a bit worried about some details of my research.
I feel relatively on schedule when it comes to what I am doing to cover the bases: I am conducting weekly participant observation, I am emailing those I would like to interview, and I have announced my research intentions to most of my subjects (the ones who escaped my grasp were in and out). I conducted my first interview this Saturday morning with the clinic manager from the clinic where I worked. I hope to receive a word back from the front desk manager soon. I will try to ascertain a third interview as well, hopefully with the general practitioner at this clinic. I finally caught up with my field notes as well this weekend, which feels great and did bring up some more questions and ideas for me to address in the coming weeks.
But the devil is in the details. I wonder if I am allowing myself enough exposure and access to be able to obtain a truly deep understanding in a very specific question. My question is still in the works of being defined, but I am not sure if it will come together given my work so far. Also, the transcription process is more tedious and frustrating than I realized. As much as I would like it ready for tomorrow, this will be an impossibility if quality is a concern. I would also like some more time to think about the interview before I return to it and listen to the specific contents of our talk. I expect my mind to draw out important elements as time passes, and I would like to see how those compare to a second hearing.
Please forgive the minutia of this report. Urgh.
Talk of the readings will soon follow...and I should have some visual documents to talk about!
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