Müller Nicole, Guendouzi Jacqueline A
Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508, USA.
Semin Speech Lang. 2009 Aug;30(3):198-206. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1225956. Epub 2009 Aug 26.
The methods of ethnography and action research have much to offer to the field of speech-language pathology, particularly as our clinical populations are becoming increasingly diverse. We suggest that practicing speech-language pathologists and students, as well as researchers, will benefit from strategies that use the methods of participatory action research and ethnography as guiding principles to their work. Ethnography seeks to discover meaningful structures in a culture from the perspective of those whose culture it is. Action research, which shares a methodological basis with ethnography, is undertaken with the aim of improving the functioning of the social institution, practice, or structure investigated for the benefit of those most closely involved with that institution or practice. By way of illustration, we use data collected during fieldwork in Louisiana, involving persons with dementia from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds.
民族志和行动研究方法能为言语语言病理学领域提供很多帮助，尤其是在我们的临床人群日益多样化的情况下。我们认为，执业言语语言病理学家、学生以及研究人员将从以参与式行动研究和民族志方法为工作指导原则的策略中受益。民族志旨在从文化所属人群的角度发现一种文化中有意义的结构。行动研究与民族志有着共同的方法论基础，其开展的目的是改善所研究的社会机构、实践或结构的运作，以造福于与该机构或实践关系最为密切的人群。作为例证，我们使用了在路易斯安那州实地调查期间收集的数据，这些数据涉及来自语言和文化背景各异的痴呆症患者。
