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Author Fetterman, David M.

Title Ethnography : step by step / by David M. Fetterman.

Imprint Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, ©1998.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.8 F421E    Check Shelf
Edition 2nd ed.
Description x, 165 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Applied social research methods series ; v. 17
Applied social research methods series ; v. 17.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and indexes.
Contents The Problem 3 -- Basic or Applied Role 3 -- Theory 5 -- Research Design: Fieldwork 8 -- Formal Analysis 10 -- The Ethnography 11 -- 2. Walking in Rhythm: Anthropological Concepts 16 -- Culture 17 -- Holistic Perspective 19 -- Contextualization 19 -- Emic Perspective and Multiple Realities 20 -- Etic Perspective 22 -- Nonjudgmental Orientation 22 -- Inter- and Intracultural Diversity 24 -- Structure and Function 25 -- Symbol and Ritual 26 -- Micro- or Macrolevel Study 27 -- Operationalism 29 -- 3. A Wilderness Guide: Methods and Techniques 31 -- Fieldwork 31 -- Selection And Sampling 32 -- Entry 33 -- Participant Observation 34 -- Interviewing 37 -- Survey or Grand Tour Question 40 -- Specific Questions 42 -- Open-Ended or Closed-Ended Questions 43 -- Interviewing Protocols and Strategies 44 -- Key Actor or Informant Interviewing 47 -- Life Histories and Expressive Autobiographical Interviews 51 -- Lists and Forms 53 -- Questionnaires 53 -- Projective Techniques 55 -- Additional Eliciting Devices 56 -- Unobtrusive Measures 57 -- Outcroppings 57 -- Written and Electronic Information 58 -- Proxemics and Kinesics 59 -- Folktales 60 -- 4. Gearing Up: Ethnographic Equipment 63 -- Pen and Paper 63 -- Tape Recorder 64 -- Cameras 65 -- Videotape 68 -- Cinema 69 -- Computers: Laptop and Desktop 70 -- The Internet 72 -- Search, Reference, and Directory Assistance Pages 74 -- Data Collection Software 76 -- Web Pages 78 -- Video- and Audioconferencing 78 -- Data Sharing and Analysis Tools 80 -- Virtual Office and File Sharing 81 -- Database Software 82 -- Printers and Speakers 84 -- 5. Finding Your Way Through the Forest: Analysis 92 -- Thinking 93 -- Triangulation 93 -- Patterns 96 -- Key Events 98 -- Flowcharts 101 -- Organizational Charts 101 -- Matrices 102 -- Content Analysis 102 -- Statistics 103 -- Problems With Statistics 106 -- Crystallization 108 -- 6. Recording the Miracle: Writing 111 -- Research Proposals 113 -- Field Notes 114 -- Shorthand, Symbols, and Mnemonics 114 -- Reconstruction 114 -- Field Note Organization 115 -- Memoranda 117 -- Interim Reports 117 -- Final Reports, Articles, and Books 117 -- Thick Description and Verbatim Quotations 122 -- Ethnographic Present 124 -- Ethnographic Presence 125 -- Ethnographically Informed Reports 126 -- Literature 126 -- Revising and Editing 127 -- 7. Walking Softly Through the Wilderness: Ethics 129 -- The Ethnographer's Role 130 -- Academic and Applied Ethnography 130 -- Academic Ethnographers 130 -- Applied Ethnographers 132 -- Research Life Cycle 136 -- Inception and Prenatal Care: The Problem 136 -- Gestation and Birth: Proposals 137 -- Childhood: Field Preparation 138 -- Adolescence and Adulthood: Fieldwork 138 -- Retirement and Last Rites 145.
Summary Sifting through notepads filled with illegible scrawl, listening to hours of tape recordings, labeling and organizing piles of photographs and slides and cross-referencing disks of data are all too familiar pictures to the ethnographic researcher. How does one manage a mountain of data and make meaningful statements? By using the new, updated Ethnography that has proved so reliable to thousands of researchers. This edition takes a step into a new frontier - the Internet, which is one of the most-powerful resources available to ethnographers. The book now provides insights into the uses of the internet, including conducting searches about topics or sites, collecting census data, conducting interviews by "chatting" and video-conferencing, sharing notes and pictures about research sites, debating issues with colleagues on listservs and in online journals, and downloading useful data collection and analyses software. Maintained from the first edition is coverage of the nature of fieldwork, the equipment needed to conduct research, the analysis of data, the differences and similarities between qualitative and quantitative approaches and writing the report. Throughout the book author David M. Fettermen provides insights into putting people at ease, research ethics, and sensitivity to other cultures.
Subject Ethnology -- Methodology.
Anthropology, Cultural.
Research Design.
Ethnology -- Methodology. (OCoLC)fst00916139
Ethnologie (DE-588)4078931-7
Methode (DE-588)4038971-6
Other Form: Online version: Fetterman, David M. Ethnography. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, ©1998 (OCoLC)645816122
ISBN 076191384X (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780761913849 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0761913858 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780761913856 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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