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Key Concepts in Ethnography
- Karen O'Reilly - Loughborough University, UK
Series:
SAGE Key Concepts series
SAGE Key Concepts series
November 2008 | 240 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
At last, an accessible, authoritative, no-nonsense guide to the key concepts in one of the most widely used methodologies in social science: Ethnography.
Key Features
Key Features
- Addresses and summarizes the basic and related issues in ethnography that are covered nowhere else in a single text
- Examines topics like 'sampling' and 'generalizing' as well as embracing new fields such as virtual, visual and multi-sighted ethnography
- Discusses time-honored themes such as key informants, access, participant observation and rapport are here as well as key contemporary issues such as reflexivity, writing, and ethics
- Presents each concept comprehensively yet critically, with relevant examples
Access
Analysis
Asking Questions
Case Study
Chicago School
Coding
Computer Software
Covert
Critical Ethnography
Ethics
Feminist Ethnography
Fieldnotes
Focus Groups and Group Discussions
Generalisation
Going 'Native'
Grounded Theory
Holism
Inductive and Deductive
Insider Ethnographies
Interpretivism
Interviews and Conversations
Key Informants and Gatekeepers
Malinowski
Multi-sited and Mobile Ethnographies
Participant Observation
Participant Observer Oxymoron
Positivism
Postmodern Ethnographies
Rapport
Realism
Reflexivity
Sampling
Team Ethnography
Time
Virtual Ethnography
Visual Ethnography
Writing
Where to find other ethnographic concepts
This is an excellent reference guide for students new to ethnography.
Department of Social Work, Salford University
April 4, 2011
Clearly written and accessible.
Inst of Primary Care & Health Sci Res, Keele University
January 14, 2011
A very good introduction to ethnographic research, particularly useful for first time researchers.
Education , Chester University
September 29, 2010
An accessible and entertaining read, useful to anybody interested in the ethnographic method.
School of Sport, University of Cumbria
March 25, 2010
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