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Doing ethnographies / Mike Crang and Ian Cook.

By: Crang, MikeContributor(s): Cook, IanMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 2007Description: x, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780761944461 (pbk.) :; 076194446X (pbk.) :; 9780761944454 (hbk.) :; 0761944451 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Ethnology -- MethodologyDDC classification: 305.8'0072
Contents:
Getting ready: Conceptualising the subject; Preparing for fieldwork - Constructing ethnographic information: Participant observation; Interviewing; Focus groups; Filmic approaches - Pulling it together: Analysing field materials; Writing through materials; Go forth and do...? [about the authors].
Summary: This is a very readable, introductory and applied guide to ethnographic methods, focusing on participant observation, interviewing, focus groups and video/photographic work. It covers the relationship between theory, practice and writing and demonstrates how methods work in the field.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-239) and index.

Getting ready: Conceptualising the subject; Preparing for fieldwork - Constructing ethnographic information: Participant observation; Interviewing; Focus groups; Filmic approaches - Pulling it together: Analysing field materials; Writing through materials; Go forth and do...? [about the authors].

This is a very readable, introductory and applied guide to ethnographic methods, focusing on participant observation, interviewing, focus groups and video/photographic work. It covers the relationship between theory, practice and writing and demonstrates how methods work in the field.

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