Full of practical 'how to' tips for applying theoretical methods - 'doing ethnography' - this book also provides anecdotal evidence and advice for new and experienced researchers on how to engage with their own participation in the field - 'being ethnographic'. The book clearly sets out the important definitions, methods and applications of field research whilst reinforcing the infinitevariability of the human subject and addressing the challenges presented by ethnographers' own passions, intellectual interests, biases and ideologies. Clear, engaging and original this book provides invaluable advice as well as practical tools and study aids for those engaged in ethnographic research. INDICE: PART ONE: KEY CONCEPTS AND THEORETICAL FRAMES / 'Definitions', methods and applications / Ethnographic fields: home and away / PART TWO: DOING ETHNOGRAPHY / Talking to people: negotiations, conversations and interviews / Being with people: participation / Looking at people: observations and images /PART THREE: INSCRIPTION / Description: writing 'down' fieldnotes / Analysis to interpretation: writing 'out' data / Interpretation to story: writing 'up' ethnography / PART FOUR: EXPANDING ETHNOGRAPHY / Conclusion: ethnographic horizons
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-4697-1
- Editorial: Sage Publications
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés