{"product_id":"doing-ethnography-today-9781405186476","title":"Doing Ethnography Today","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoing Ethnography Today\u003c\/i\u003e explores the methodologies and theories behind contemporary, collaborative ethnography and provides an opportunity to cultivate experience with included exercises. \u003cbr\u003e Presents ethnography as creative and artful rather than analytical or technical\u003cbr\u003e Emphasises the collaborative nature of ethnography\u003cbr\u003e Structured exercises cultivate practical experience \u003cbr\u003e Includes a discussion on indexing and interpreting project materials\u003cbr\u003e Provides guidance on interview questions and selecting appropriate field equipment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: Conceptualizing Ethnography 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnography is as Personal as it Gets 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnography is Collaborative 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnography is Hermeneutic 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnography is Creative and Constitutive 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnography Grapples with the Idea of Culture, however Deeply Compromised 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnography is Mostly Art 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Taking Stock: Exploring your Limits and Possibilities 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Readings 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Websites 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Fields of Collaboration 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Field Today 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Actual Complexities of Collaboration 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Engaging Collaborators and Creating Research Questions 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Readings 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Websites 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Emergent Design 30\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Intentional Reciprocity 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUncertainty and the Collaborative Process 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthics and Ethical Commitments 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Developing Project Codes of Ethics 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecognition or Anonymity? 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Ethics, IRBs, and Other Subjects 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIssues of Authority: Ethnographer as Facilitator, Research Participant as Counterpart 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Revisiting Project Limits and Possibilities 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Readings 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Websites 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Engagement: Participant Observation and Observant Participation 50\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – One Scene, Many Positions 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParticipation 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: Equipment Check 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Participant Observation to Observant Participation 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFieldnotes: From Definitions, Meanings, and Practices to Storied Observations 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Developing Your Own (Fieldnotes) Style 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Fieldnote Forms 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Writing With 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy Way of Conclusion . . . 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Readings 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Websites 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Interviews and Conversations 84\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving with Interviews 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Issues for Interviews 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Changing Nature of Interviews 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Interviews as Conversations 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterviews (and Conversations) in Ethnographic Research 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Talking about Transcripts 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Readings 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Websites 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Inscriptions: On Writing Ethnography 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Making Sense of Materials 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“What is Ethnography?” Redux: On the Emergence of Contemporary Ethnographic Forms 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Writing Ethnography 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward Collaborative Writing and Transformation 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise – Collaborative Writing 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Readings 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Websites 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 138\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407918080343,"sku":"9781405186476","price":20.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405186476.jpg?v=1730500955","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/doing-ethnography-today-9781405186476","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}