Ethnographic Fieldnotes: Funeral Music at the Crematorium

This dataset exemplar concerns the analysis of ethnographic fieldnotes. The data are provided by Dr. Lisa McCormick from the University of Edinburgh and includes extended fieldnotes taken on a busy day in a crematorium. This research project investigated the role of music in funerals. Because of the attention to sound, this dataset illustrates the possibilities and challenges of an ethnography that involves the senses. The dataset file is accompanied by a teaching guide and a student guide.