Introduction to ethnographic research : a guide for anthropology / Kimberly Kirner, California State University Northridge, Jan Mills, Oregon State University Corvallis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirner, Kimberly, author.

Mills, Jan, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Research--Methodology.

Ethnology.

Anthropology--Research.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Introduction to Ethnographic Research streamlines learning the process of research, speaks to the student at a foundational level, and helps the reader conquer the apprehensions of mastering research methods. Written in a conversational style, authors Kimberly Kirner and Jan Mills use a focus on scaffolding across the chapters to help the student transition from step to step in the research process. Case studies and first-hand accounts are also featured in each chapter, allowing the student to see the early steps, successes and at times failures that accomplished researchers experienced in their past. These real examples further encourage the student that even the best researchers failed along the way, and more importantly, learned from those mistakes. This text is designed to be used as a stand alone book, but is enhanced by the use with the supplemental workbook, Doing Ethnographic Research by the same authors. This text has call-outs to the supplemental text, which allow for application and practice of the material learned"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The basics of research design

The ethics of working with human participants

Sampling

Participant observation

Writing field notes

Interviewing

Introduction to coding and analysis

Surveys and mixed methods design

Cultural domains: modeling cognition and knowledge

Indirect observation

Behavior and context

Conclusion: putting it all together.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781544334011

154433401X

9781544333991

1544333994

OCLC:

1110137081

Publisher Number:

99982502174