Machine derived contents note: Part One: The History And Epistemology Of Fieldwork Roles -- The Chicago School -- More Radical Views on Membership -- The California Sociologies of Everyday Life -- Existential Sociology -- The Investigative Paradigm -- Ethnomethodology -- Becoming the Phenomenon -- Synthesis -- The Critique of Traditional Field Research -- Membership Roles in Field Research -- Part Two: Peripheral Membership -- The Process of Membership -- Becoming a Peripheral-Member-Researcher -- The Membership Experience -- Disengagement -- Reflections -- Part Three: Active Membership -- The Process of Membership -- Becoming an Active-Member-Researcher -- The Membership Experience -- Disengagement -- Reflections -- Part Four: Complete Membership -- The Process of Membership -- Becoming a Complete-Member-Researcher -- The Membership Experience -- Disengagement -- Reflections