Summary
Contents
Subject index
Including coverage of the selection of cases, observation and interviewing, recording data, and takes into account ethical issues, Doing Ethnographic and Observational Research introduces the reader to the practice of producing data through ethnographic fieldwork and observational research.
What Kinds of Topics Can Be Effectively and Efficiently Studied By Ethnographic Methods?
What Kinds of Topics Can Be Effectively and Efficiently Studied By Ethnographic Methods?
Chapter objectives
After reading this chapter, you should know
- the main kinds of research problems that seem to call for choosing ethnographic methods; and
- the kinds of settings in which ethnographic methods might be most usefully applied.
Ethnographic methods: a general statement of utility
As noted in the previous chapter, ethnographic methods have been adopted by scholars from many academic disciplines and professional fields. There are, however, several characteristics that are typical of the situations that lend themselves to ethnographic research, regardless of discipline.
Illustrative ethnographic case studies
Throughout this book, two of the author's own field research projects will be used to illustrate major points. This material is offered as illustrative only, not as a model to be ...
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