shifting meta-data to the text

shifting meta-data to the textSome of the authors suggestions seem to be pushing ethnographers to pull meta-data and other ingrained analytical tools into the audience's purview. For example, the authors promote using different quotation marks (single or double) to differentiate within text the source (e.g. a recorded quote versus a recalled quote) of an example. For the reader, this symbolic inclusion brings in a qualitative weight and descriptive scientific scene-setting that can alter a text's reception - but it also encourages researchers to think more closely about some of the meta-data they must collect and share.