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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459633503321

Autore

LeCompte Margaret Diane

Titolo

Designing & conducting ethnographic research [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : AltaMira Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-82016-8

9786612820168

0-7591-1870-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (593 p.)

Collana

Ethnographer's toolkit ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

SchensulJean J

Disciplina

305.8001

Soggetti

Ethnology - Research

Ethnology - Methodology

Research - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter; What Is Ethnography?; When, Where, and By Whom Should Ethnography Be Used?; Paradigms for Framing the Conduct of Ethnographic Research; An Overview of Research Design; Choosing and Designing an Ethnographic Research Project; Collecting Ethnographic Data; Data Analysis: How Ethnographers Make Sense of Their Data; Identifying and Building Research Teams and Research Partnerships; Applying Ethnography; Protection of Risk to Human Subjects and the Ethics of Ethnographic Fieldwork; References; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This first volume of the Ethnographer's Toolkit provides a practical, straightforward introduction to ethnography and ethnographic practice to the student and novice fieldworker.