
Doing Ethnography
Giampietro Gobo(Author)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-1-4129-1921-0 (ISBN)
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With regular exercises, lists of key terms and points and self-evaluation checklists, Doing Ethnography systematically describes the various phases of an ethnographic inquiry and provides numerous examples, 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 methodology. Giampietro Gobo discusses all the major issues, including the research design, access to the field, data collection, organisation and analysis, and communication of the results.
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 methodology. Giampietro Gobo discusses all the major issues, including the research design, access to the field, data collection, organisation and analysis, and communication of the results.
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'The book provides a comprehensive overview of the ethnographic methods debate, which always includes a view of future developments. It learns to classify the methods of discourse in a constructivist research perspective'Forum Qualitative Social Research
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
637 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4129-1921-0 (9781412919210)
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Giampietro Gobo is Professor of Methodology of Social Research and Sociology of Science at the University of Milan (Italy). He was one of the founders of the 'Qualitative Methods' Research Network of the European Sociological Association.
His interests concern scientific controversies on health issues and workplace studies. He is currently undertaking projects on immunization and COVID-19 policies, and ethnographic experiments in the area of cooperation in small teamwork. His books include Doing Ethnography (Sage, 2008), Qualitative Research Practice (co-edited with C. Seale, J. F. Gubrium and D. Silverman, Sage, 2004) and Constructing Survey Data: An Interactional Approach (with S. Mauceri, Sage, 2014).
His interests concern scientific controversies on health issues and workplace studies. He is currently undertaking projects on immunization and COVID-19 policies, and ethnographic experiments in the area of cooperation in small teamwork. His books include Doing Ethnography (Sage, 2008), Qualitative Research Practice (co-edited with C. Seale, J. F. Gubrium and D. Silverman, Sage, 2004) and Constructing Survey Data: An Interactional Approach (with S. Mauceri, Sage, 2014).
Content
PART ONE: THE METHODOLOGY
What Is Ethnography?
Method or Methodology?
Locating Ethnography in the Methodological Landscape
Ethnographic Methodology
Approaches, Scholars and Modes
New Ethnographic Styles
Designing Research
Project Management
PART TWO: COLLECTING MATERIALS
Entering the Field
Ethical Dilemmas
How to Observe
What To Observe
Social Structures, Talks and Contexts
Ethnographic Interviewing
Crafting Ethnographic Records
PART THREE: ANALYZING MATERIALS
Coding and Analyzing Ethnographic Records
Politics of Accountability
PART FOUR: AUDIENCES
Communicating Findings, Writing Ethnographies
Leaving the Field
The `Observation Society'
A Chance for Applied Ethnography
Finale
What Is Ethnography?
Method or Methodology?
Locating Ethnography in the Methodological Landscape
Ethnographic Methodology
Approaches, Scholars and Modes
New Ethnographic Styles
Designing Research
Project Management
PART TWO: COLLECTING MATERIALS
Entering the Field
Ethical Dilemmas
How to Observe
What To Observe
Social Structures, Talks and Contexts
Ethnographic Interviewing
Crafting Ethnographic Records
PART THREE: ANALYZING MATERIALS
Coding and Analyzing Ethnographic Records
Politics of Accountability
PART FOUR: AUDIENCES
Communicating Findings, Writing Ethnographies
Leaving the Field
The `Observation Society'
A Chance for Applied Ethnography
Finale