In this chapter, Barz discusses the value of the notes taken while doing fieldwork. Barz discusses the impact of field notes, their interpretation, and their value as they lead to understanding of the situation observed. He begins by placing a high value on the notes themselves, as they are in the position of bridging the "field research action and [the] ethnographic production", which is to say they are the strongest link between the cultural performance and the concrete writing that aids understanding in the reader. He presents his own field notes, with his three voices in different fonts. His three voices are the present, reflective, and analytical.
One of his excerpts that struck me was on page 212-213. He discusses his influence on the community he is observing. He describes the missed-messages as 'elitism', where he discovered that his community was just trying to include him - as a courtesy. This example made me wonder how he has affected his own subject of study. Is this 'good practice', to allow your own musical background to influence the culture you are studying?
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