陸續撰寫關於質性研究的心得文/Everlast - What It's Like

[質性研究與田野的系列文章見此]

關於我到底可以寫些什麼，好像也沒啥大主題可以寫。最近盤點了一下，覺得或許可以分享一下田野調查、質性研究的一些個人心得。

因此開了個主題，慢慢的來漫談。

目前的規劃是貼近日常生活來聊。因為我認為質性研究、田野調查這些主題，有學術上的重要性是沒錯，但同時也對每個人日常生活有點好處。譬如找找創作的主題(雖然我有點質性研究的經驗但還是不知道可以寫些什麼主題，這個矛盾點可能得先忽略)，了解生活周遭的一些事情，甚至工作可能用的上？

雖貼著日常生活來聊，但不表示這沒有學術理論的基礎。在適當之處，我會列一下相關的著作供參考，但基本上也不會太多，因為我覺得與其整天講理論，不如實際到各地去體驗去反思，理論跟觀察需要對話、平衡點。

主題大致涵蓋研究倫理、研究方法、找尋主題的方式，以及一點點的方法論。畢竟我個人認為質性研究(其實任何關於人的研究多少都是)是自己、被觀察者、理論各方間不斷的互動與互相影響。單獨看任何一個部分都有以偏概全的風險。我完全沒有嚴謹的規劃架構，只是想到什麼就漫談些什麼。同時，也會盡量找一些實際例子供參考。

另外也會推薦一些我個人覺得不錯的作品。但考量我腦袋大概對這些事情清空的差不多了，加上AI做的比我好多了，所以基本上只是寫一些我認為的看點，不會完整的摘要。

當然，也歡迎各方先進指教。

文章的長度會很短。因為我腦袋基本上已經被網路化了，長的東西可能寫不太出來。不如這樣漫談漫談，慢慢的長出東西來再來談架構的問題。先堆料再做架構，反過來做也是一個方案。

另一方面，我也常覺得溝通，或者把自己腦子裡的東西講給別人聽，不一定要透過文字，有時候一首歌、一個情境，能傳達的資訊比一堆文字來的快又有效。

例如，設身處地的認識別人，粗略的來說這是質性研究的優勢。這個概念我們可以從大量閱讀書籍期刊來得到深刻的理解，但我覺得以下這首歌應該就能提供初步的理解。

以下粗略翻譯一下歌詞，不過我覺得看MV應該也是能了解該歌曲所要傳達的意思。

Everlast - What It's Like(歌詞主要參考自本網站)

我們都看到那人在酒品店外面要錢，

We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change

頭髮遮臉骯髒糾結還有一堆癬

The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange

他滿臉羞愧的問了個人可否給點零錢

He asks a man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes

"幹你這髒鬼怎不去找份工作"，那人這樣回。

"Get a job, you fuckin' slob" is all he replies

老天最好保佑你不用體驗一下他那樣的生活

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes

不然你就知道他的苦

'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues

不然你就知道了

Then you really might know what it's like

不然你就知道了

Then you really might know what it's like

不然你就知道了

Then you really might know what it's like

不然你就知道了

Then you really might know what it's like

Mary被一個叫Tom的小子搞大了肚子，他說這是真愛

Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said he was in love

他說："別擔心寶貝，我就是你夢寐以求的男人"

He said, "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll, I'm the man you've been dreamin' of"

但三個月後他說他不再跟她約會也不回電話

But three months later he say he won't date her or return her calls

她發誓："天殺的再讓我見到他我一定割了他的蛋"

And she swear, "God damn if I find that man I'm cuttin' off his balls"

然後她前往墮胎診所，穿過門口那一些抗議的民眾

And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walkin' through the door

他們說她殺人、說她有罪，說她賤

They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, and they call her a whore

老天最好保佑你不用體驗一下她那樣的生活

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes

不然你就知道必須做出選擇的感覺

'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose

不然你就知道了

Then you really might know what it's like

不然你就知道了

Then you really might know what it's like

不然你就知道了

Then you really might know what it's like

不然你就知道了

Then you really might know what it's like

我見過富人乞討

I've seen a rich man beg

我見過好人犯罪

I've seen a good man sin

我見過強人哭泣

I've seen a tough man cry

我見過輸家贏

I've seen a loser win

我見過傷心的人笑

And a sad man grin

我聽過誠實的人撒謊

I heard an honest man lie

我見過惡中的善、

I've seen the good side of bad

優勢中的劣勢，

And the down side of up

還有之間的一切。

And everything between

我曾用銀湯匙吃

I licked the silver spoon

用金杯子喝

Drank from the golden cup

抽最好的菸

Smoked the finest green

我上過最漂亮的女人

I stroked the fattest dimes

至少來個幾次

At least a couple of times

在我就傷她們的心前

Before I broke their heart

你知道結局是啥

You know where it ends

通常跟

Yo, it usually depends

你怎麼開始的有關

On where you start

我認識一個小鬼叫Max

I knew this kid named Max

他以前賺很多

He used to get fat stacks

因為在街角賣藥

Out on the corner with drugs

他喜歡鬼混到很晚

He liked to hang out late

喝得爛醉

He liked to get shit faced

跟惡棍混

And keep the pace with thugs

直到有天深夜

Until late one night

發生槍戰

There was a big gun fight

Max神經斷線

Max lost his head

抽出他的點四五

He pulled out his Chrome .45

噴了幾句垃圾話

Talked some shit

結果就死了

And wound up dead

現在他老婆小孩

And now his wife and his kids

就陷在這個

Are caught in the midst

痛苦深淵

Of all of this pain

你也知道事情會這樣

You know it comes that way

就像人家說的

At least that's what they say

混江湖的下場

When you play the game

老天最好保佑你不會某天醒來聽到這種消息

God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news

不然你就知道什麼叫必然失去

'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose

不然你就知道了

Then you really might know what it's like

不然你就知道了

Then you really might know what it's like

不然你就知道了

Then you really might know what it's like

必然失去

To have to lose