ETHNOGRAPHY AND PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION

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17ETHNOGRAPHY AND PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONChapter outline The origins of ETHNOGRAPHY Guidelines for fieldwork Gathering data: participative OBSERVATION and field notes Gathering data: interviewing Gathering data: digital media Ethical principles in ETHNOGRAPHY The ethnographic self Feminist ETHNOGRAPHY Critical ETHNOGRAPHY Sculpting the truth in ethnographic accounts Recording the miracleKeywords ETHNOGRAPHY PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION Fieldwork Reflexivity Natural settingsPRINTED BY: Ted Palys Printing is for personal, private use only. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted without publisher's prior permission. Violators will be Postmodernism Feminist ETHNOGRAPHY Critical ETHNOGRAPHY PositionalitiesChapter objectivesAfter reading this chapter you will be able to: Describe the origins of ETHNOGRAPHY as a data gathering method. Distinguish between ETHNOGRAPHY and structured observational methods.

in the socio-cultural anthropology of the nineteenth century, it is now widely used in sociology, communications studies, educational and medical research, and history – subjects where the intention is to study people, ethnic groups and cultures.

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