ETHNOGRAPHY Paperback / softback
by John Brewer
Paperback / softback
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* What is ethnography in social research?* To what use can ethnographic data be put?* Who are its fiercest critics?* Does ethnography have a future?Ethnography is one of the principal methods of qualitative research and has a long-established tradition of use in the social sciences.
However, the literature on ethnography has become a battleground as ethnography is attacked from within and without the qualitative tradition.
Post-modern critics attack the methodological status of ethnography and challenge the importance of its representations of reality, and others argue that globalization narrows its application as localism disappears. Ethnography provides a robust defence of this research method and establishes its continued relevance in the social sciences.
It sets out the competing methodological bases of ethnography and details its different uses as a research method.
The author offers guidelines for good practice in the research process, as well as advice on the analysis, interpretation and presentation of ethnographic data.
Although written as a textbook, the contents are research led, informed by the author's own extensive experience of undertaking ethnographic research in dangerous and sensitive locations in Northern Ireland and elsewhere.
The result is a lively and engaging read on an essential topic for both students and researchers.
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- Pages:226 pages
- Publisher:Open University Press
- Publication Date:16/12/2000
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- ISBN:9780335202683
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- Pages:226 pages
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- Publication Date:16/12/2000
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- ISBN:9780335202683
