Abstract
This chapter leads the reader to the research field. Relevant persons will be introduced and contextualised regarding their significance for this book. The central questions of this chapter evolve from the analysis of the entering phase to the field. It discusses how obstacles can lead to first insights into fan performances and particularly into the bias or constructivity of research itself. Therefore, the role of the researcher in the first months is critically reflected in this chapter as are the practices and the definition of the research field. This includes a discussion about the constitution and hierarchies of emotional practices and sensory perceptions that will be analysed using exemplary situations from participant observations and interviews.
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Notes
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For an overview over the qualitative interviews and participant observations please see a table in the appendix of this book.
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Interview Orhan, in his late forties, male, Galatasaray fan, 9 November 2012, café, Vienna, afternoon. Interview Metin, 45 years old, male, Galatasaray fan, Metin’s and his family’s apartment, Viennese suburb, afternoon; together with his daughter Derya, 15 years old, Galatasaray fan and his wife Nevin, in her forties.
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Bourgoise-bohème.
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Original: ‘praxeologische Konstruktion von Forschenden.’
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Fieldnote from 8 November 2012, Fenerbahçe Pub, Vienna, Fenerbahçe vs. Limassol (Europa League), evening.
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Fieldnote from 5 December 2012, Turkish restaurant (Football Restaurant), Vienna, with the student group, Sporting Braga vs. Galatasaray (Champions League), evening.
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See blog post on the match between Schalke and Galatasaray in Gelsenkirchen/Germany (Szogs 2013).
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Fieldnote from 26 April 2013, Fenerbahçe Pub, Vienna, with people in pub, Fenerbahçe vs. Benfica Lissabon (Europa League), evening.
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Interview Ayla, 25 years old, female, Fenerbahçe fan, 30 April 2013, her work place, Vienna, afternoon.
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The terms ‘Gefühl’ [feeling] and ‘Emotionen’ [emotions] are sometimes used to describe different phenomena and sometimes synonymously. Because of the authors I refer to use them synonymously or do not specify the difference between the two terms, I will translate both terms into ‘emotions’ for reasons of consistency.
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Fieldnote from 20 November 2012, Turkish restaurant (Football Restaurant), Vienna, with student group from Istanbul, Galatasaray vs. Manchester United (Champions League), evening.
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Fieldnote from 14 April 2013, Fenerbahçe Pub, Vienna, with people in pub, Fenerbahçe vs. Eskişehirspor (Süper Lig), evening.
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Fieldnote from 30 April 2013, Fenerbahçe Pub, Vienna, with owner and his friends, Real Madrid vs. Borussia Dortmund (Champions League), evening.
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Fieldnote from 2 May 2013, Young Fenerbahçe Fan Club & Fenerbahçe Pub, Vienna, with young Fenerbahçe fans and people in pub, Benfica Lissabon vs. Fenerbahçe (Europa League), evening.
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Fieldnote from 14 April 2013, Fenerbahçe Pub, Vienna, with people in pub, Fenerbahçe vs. Eskişehirspor (Süper Lig), evening.
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Szogs, N. (2017). Entering the Field. In: Football Fandom and Migration. Football Research in an Enlarged Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50944-0_3
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