Doing ethnography / Giampietro Gobo ; translated by Adrian Belton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gobo, Giampietro.

Contributor:

Tobias Wagner Library Fund.

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Research--Methodology.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Problems, exercises, etc.

Genre:

Problems and exercises.

Physical Description:

xvi, 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 2008.

Language Note:

Translated from the Italian.

Summary:

Doing Ethnography will be vital reading for any researcher or student seeking to embark on an ethnographic or observation-based study of their own. Giampietro Gobo describes with clarity and skill the many phases of doing an ethnographic inquiry, provides numerous examples of ethnographic practice and offers suggestions and advice for the novice ethnographer.

Ethnography seeks to understand, describe and explain the symbolic world lying beneath the social action of groups, organizations and communities. This book clearly sets out the coordinates and foundations of this increasingly popular method. Gobo describes the ethnographic research process from start to finish, including research design, access to the field, data collection, organization and analysis, and communication of the results.

Exercises, case studies, lists of key terms and points, and self-evaluation tests make this an invaluable resource for all students covering ethnographic methodologies on research methods courses and anyone interested in doing ethnographic research themselves.

Contents:

Part 1 The Methodology

1 What is Ethnography? 2

2 Method or Methodology? Locating Ethnography in the Methodological Landscape 15

3 Ethnographic Methodology: Approaches, Scholars and Modes 33

4 New Ethnographic Styles 53

5 Designing Research 69

6 Project Management 97

Part 2 Collecting Materials

7 Entering the Field 117

8 Ethical Dilemmas 135

9 How to Observe 148

10 What to Observe: Social Structures, Talks and Contexts 162

11 Ethnographic Interviewing 190

12 Crafting Ethnographic Records 201

Part 3 Analyzing Materials

13 Coding and Analyzing Ethnographic Records 225

14 Politics of Accountability 259

Part 4 Audiences

15 Communicating Findings, Writing Ethnographies 285

16 Leaving the Field 306

17 The 'Observation Society': A Chance for Applied Ethnography 314

18 Finale 326.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tobias Wagner Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781412919203

1412919207

1412919215

9781412919210

OCLC:

85691615