How to Do Ethnographic Research: A Simplified Guide
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How to Do Ethnographic Research: A Simplified Guide.
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The following section was authored by Barbara Hall and is intended to provide general, simplified information about how to conduct and write up the results of ethnographic research. The information that follows falls into three general areas:
guidance through the steps necessary to plan and conduct an interesting and appropriate ethnographic term project, even in a class that does not devote much or any time to teaching ethnographic methodology,
help in making sense of what is learned through the research, both with regards to the fieldsite in question and to anthropological theory, and
assistance in rendering the both research process and what was learned through it accessible to readers through established conventions for writing ethnographic research papers.
The pages below are arranged in a loose order which can take you step-by-step through the research and writing process involved in ethnography. Novice ethnographers are encouraged to read through the following in its entirety before beginning a project.
What is Ethnography?
"Objectivity", Ethnographic Insight & Ethnographic Authority
Guiding Questions in Ethnography
Ethics in Ethnographic Research
Developing a Thesis and Argument
Created by Barbara Hall: barbara.hall@comcast.net