Summary
Contents
Key Features: Example and Non-Example Boxes that explain how to complete the exercise as well as what not to do. Write-In Exercises that make this supplemental book act like a real field journal. Example Assignments that can be applied in any classroom setting or in an online environment. Self-Reflection Questions that encourage inner development and thought to better your research. Templates that can be used in your ethnographic research, like the Grant Application Template that can be used to apply to grants for your research! Conversational-style approach that make it easy to use and understand, whether you are a professor, student or professional. Easy-to-use and easy-to-transport book that will accompany your Ethnographic Research!
Participant Observation
Participant Observation
Introduction
Having discussed how to design a research project, how to address ethical issues within it, and how to select participants, we now turn to participant observation as the first of the methods we’ll cover. Participant observation is the cornerstone of ethnography, or “writings about culture,” and seems deceptively simple to students, but most students find out with their very first experience that it isn’t! Participant observation puts you on the ground alongside the people you are studying, which gives you greater access to data. By experiencing the lives of those you study and reflecting critically on this experience, you’ll build not only a better dataset but a better capacity to analyze the data you collect. Participant observation has great value for boosting ...