tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577267431647220035.post4779130243481360019..comments2023-10-12T07:10:11.188-07:00Comments on The Golden Notebooks: Talking to StrangersProf. T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00284898866409356025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577267431647220035.post-38707949078939308042011-12-05T13:23:35.428-08:002011-12-05T13:23:35.428-08:00Huh. I wonder if those stories are of the same vin...Huh. I wonder if those stories are of the same vintage as the one about Irving Goffman doing his research by hiding behind the couch at dinner parties.Prof. T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00284898866409356025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577267431647220035.post-77315699701905342222011-12-04T21:53:30.497-08:002011-12-04T21:53:30.497-08:00What a lovely post.
I recall hearing -- it must ...What a lovely post. <br /><br />I recall hearing -- it must have been in a sociology class -- about one of the pioneering American sociologists, Robert Parker or Harvey Zorbaugh (ah Chicago!), that he found talking to people almost physically painful, which is why he'd ended up doing research that required interviews with a whole cross-section of the city -- that it was only when he was playing the role of the interviewer that he was comfortable talking to people at all.JW Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664452827447313845noreply@blogger.com