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The Fourth Edition includes: New examples drawn from ethnographic work at the Recovery Café (a healing community for those who have been traumatized by addiction, homelessness, and mental health challenges), Stanford University’s School of Medicine, Pacifica Graduate Institute, and Google Updated tech tool discussions, including: qualitative data analysis and videoconferencing software Expanded exploration of concepts, including: culture, contextualization, emic and etic distinctions, and symbols Updated theoretical discussions, including: feminist and queer theories (with an emphasis on positionality and reflexivity) Questions for Reflection at the end of each chapter.
Anthropological Concepts: Walking in Rhythm
Anthropological Concepts: Walking in Rhythm
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on.
Ethnography is what ethnographers actually do in the field. Textbooks such as this one and many others (see Coffey, 2018; Gobo & Molle, 2017; Madden, 2017; Mannik & McGarry, 2017)—together with lectures—can initiate the newcomer to the field and refresh the experienced ethnographer, but actual fieldwork experience has no substitute. A well-trained ethnographer balances formal education, including textbooks and classroom instruction, with time in the field. How the ethnographer conducts a study speaks most precisely to the question of what is ethnography.
This chapter introduces some of the most important concepts that guide ethnographers in their fieldwork. As the title ...
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