Year: 2009
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: In Chapter 3, Marian Crowley-Henry presents an aspect of the \nevolving research approach of ethnography and participant observation, \ndelineating the complexities involved in classifying research as \nethnographic, given underlying discrepancies in how the approach is \napplied and the respective philosophy behind its use. The chapter offers an \noverview of contemporary literature concerning ethnography in social \nresearch, from classic ethnography (such as Clifford, 1988; Mead, \n2001[1928]) to the placement of all qualitative research as ethnographic \n(Mason, 2002). The author’s own research (Crowley-Henry, 2007; Crowley- \nHenry & Weir, 2007, 2009) is considered in order to provide a concrete \nexample of a contemporary ethnographic piece of research. Practical \nexamples of real fieldnotes and extracts from interview transcripts are \npresented in the chapter. Key guidelines for conducting ethnographic \nresearch are shared, meriting the adoption of an ethnographic approach to \nresearch, even for undergraduate students who may not have the \nopportunity to conduct longitudinal studies for their dissertations.
Author: Marian Crowley–Henry
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W111850231