Methodology
The Community Market international Research Group employ mixed methods as follows in each of the selected markets
Ethnographic methods:
a) In depth interviews will be carried out with a selection of market traders, shoppers, market managers, local government officials with responsibility for the market, suppliers of goods to the markets.
b) extended observation of markets sites to explore- socio-demographic profile of shoppers, time spent in the market, interactions between traders and shoppers, social interactions between shoppers, market trader practices, use of different market spaces.
c) photographic, video and sound recording in market spaces
Archival methods:
a) historical records and sources
b) local government documents including local planning documents
c) modes of regulation- local, national, and (where relevant- eg food security) international
Media analysis:
a) Promotional material
b) Travel and tourist documents
c) Novels, poetry, films
Following objects: this will involve recording the provenance and circulation of selection of products/commodities sold in each market as follows:
Fish
Vegetables
DVDs
Underwear
Toothpaste
Household cleaning materials
Mobile phone accessories
Tshirts
One innovative object specific to that market.
Ethnographic methods:
a) In depth interviews will be carried out with a selection of market traders, shoppers, market managers, local government officials with responsibility for the market, suppliers of goods to the markets.
b) extended observation of markets sites to explore- socio-demographic profile of shoppers, time spent in the market, interactions between traders and shoppers, social interactions between shoppers, market trader practices, use of different market spaces.
c) photographic, video and sound recording in market spaces
Archival methods:
a) historical records and sources
b) local government documents including local planning documents
c) modes of regulation- local, national, and (where relevant- eg food security) international
Media analysis:
a) Promotional material
b) Travel and tourist documents
c) Novels, poetry, films
Following objects: this will involve recording the provenance and circulation of selection of products/commodities sold in each market as follows:
Fish
Vegetables
DVDs
Underwear
Toothpaste
Household cleaning materials
Mobile phone accessories
Tshirts
One innovative object specific to that market.