Ethnography

The Basics
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-52012-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm

Reihe: The Basics

Ethnography: The Basics introduces a broad and beginner audience to ethnography as a research methodology with diverse applications. By using everyday language and developing a warm and inclusive tone, the book provides an accessible entry point to the topic.

It offers a picture of the practice of ethnography that is both human and humane, tackling some of the practical barriers, ethical complexities, and lived experiences in an honest and straightforward way. Organised into eight chapters, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the unique purpose, value, and scope of ethnography, as well as a practical guide as to what the practice of ethnographic research involves, such as steps for designing research, gathering data, and analysing and presenting findings.

Without relying on assumed familiarity with or interest in discipline-specific histories and frameworks, Ethnography: The Basics combines clear structure, plain language, and thoughtfully selected examples and stories to welcome students into this interesting and valuable subject. The book will also be of great interest to academics and professionals who wish to supplement their ethnographic knowledge.

Zielgruppe

General and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wardell, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Lists of figures

List of boxes

Acknowledgements

Glossary

CHAPTER ONE: WHY ETHNOGRAPHY?

CHAPTER TWO: DESIGNING THE RESEARCH, DEFINING THE FIELD

CHAPTER THREE: NAVIGATING RESEARCH RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER FOUR: ‘BEING THERE’ AS A PARTICIPANT-OBSERVER

CHAPTER FIVE: RECORDING, GATHERING, AND PRODUCING ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA

CHAPTER SIX: ETHNOGRAPHIC QUESTIONING, ETHNOGRAPHIC LISTENING

CHAPTER SEVEN: MAKING SENSE OF ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA

CHAPTER EIGHT: COMMUNICATING ETHNOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATING ETHNOGRAPHIC TEXTS

EPILOGUE: A LOVE LETTER TO ETHNOGRAPHY

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Wardell is an academic and writer from Aotearoa New Zealand. She is Senior Lecturer in the Social Anthropology programme at the University of Otago, with a shared background in communication studies. Her own research focuses on emotion and affect, digital sociality, health, and mental health, with recent work covering topics such as online medical crowdfunding and ecological distress. She is interested in public communication and in creative ethnography, writing and publishing in several literary genres, while also dabbling in visual and performance arts. Susan is Pakeha (New Zealand European) and lives in Otepoti Dunedin.