How Did Cathy Small's Subject Position Affect The Results Of Her Research?

1. Give four examples of specific research techniques Cathy Small used to gather data?

Some of the research techniques Cathy Smalls used to gather her information were participant research, diaries, interviews, and qualitative research. When it came to asking questions, Smalls used an open-ended approach. She let the participants talk and asked questions along the way of the interviews. As well as interviews, she watched people in their natural habitat, which is how she found out more information about a topic she was curious about, the “bus behavior.” Personal documentation, journals was also a way of knowing people’s daily lives’.

2. How did Cathy Small’s subject position affect her relationships with Tongans and the results of her research?

The Tongans thought she was “big” because she is from the United States and I think that affected her interactions with them. There was one experience that really showed the differences in culture. When she told the Tongans she would pay them to do something and no one really did it because in their culture, generosity is favored over money. So, once she asked it as a favor people were more eager to do it. Religion comes to play into the research and leads to a dilemma she faces. Smalls was told that she should not tell anyone that she was Jewish because they were not very fond of Jewish because of some stereotypes that were passed down from generation to generation. But as she became closer and closer to the family, she felt like she was living a lie, so she finally admitted the truth. Another situation popped up by her being so close the family. Smalls intervened in a personal family issue by talking to Lio about property. Smalls felt uneasy about Vili having all of the land so she encouraged Lio to talk to Atu about registering their land, which actually resulted in her talking to Atu. She was that personally attached to the

Most of the means were eaten in the dwelling house because they did not like to eat food in the same room it was prepared in. There’s a big distinction in men and women to where the separated them at precedent ages, meaning the could not live in the same homes. The daily activities for men typically were to farm and attend kava meetings. The women usually were tending to the children by cooking and cleaning. After that was done, the were in the tapa-making groups to make “koko-anga.” They now sold their tapa mats for extra cash in lieu of their kavaenga (obligations). Over time, the tapa mats physically changed in design, color and