The Chicago guide to collaborative ethnography / Luke Eric Lassiter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lassiter, Luke E.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Methodology.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Research.

Ethnology--Fieldwork.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 201 pages.)

Other Title:

Collaborative ethnography

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Collaboration between ethnographers and subjects has long been a product of the close relationships that define ethnographic research. But increasingly, collaboration is no longer viewed as merely a consequence of fieldwork; instead collaboration now preconditions and shapes research design as well as its dissemination. As a result, ethnographic subjects are becoming consultants rather than just informants. The emergence of collaborative ethnography highlights this relationship between consultant and ethnographer, moving it to center stage as a calculated part not only of fieldwork but also of the writing process itself.

The Chicago Guide to Collaborative Ethnography presents a historical, theoretical, and practice-oriented road map for this shift from incidental collaboration to a more conscious and explicit collaborative strategy. Luke Eric Lassiter charts the history of collaborative ethnography from its earliest implementation to its contemporary emergence in fields such as feminism, humanistic anthropology, and critical ethnography. On this historical and theoretical base, Lassiter outlines concrete steps for achieving a more deliberate and overt collaborative practice throughout the processes of fieldwork and writing.

A comprehensive and highly accessible handbook for ethnographers of all disciplines, The Chicago Guide to Collaborative Ethnography will become a fixture in the development of a critical practice of anthropology, invaluable to undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty alike.

Contents:

From "reading over the shoulders of natives" to "reading alongside natives," literally : toward a collaborative and reciprocal ethnography

Defining a collaborative ethnography

On the roots of ethnographic collaboration

The new (critical) ethnography : on feminist and postmodern approaches to collaboration

Practice

Ethics and moral responsibility

Ethnographic honesty

Accessible writing

Collaborative reading, writing, and co-interpretation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-189) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0226467015

9780226467016

Publisher Number:

99965127050

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.