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Ethnography
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- 1Ethnography- DefintionATKINSON ET AL 2007 '...first hand experience and exploration of a particular group or cultural setting on the basis of (though not exclusively) participant observation.
- 2Ethnography- Key FeaturesATKINSON AND BRYMAN 2012-
Aim is to gain insight/knowledge of social group/culture/community.
Use unstructured interviews,conversations,PO,documenting.
WACQUANT 2003- lengthy immersion 'into the field' to capture absolute reality, as to who, what and why they live as they do.
SEYMOUR 2007- Produce 'thick descriptions' of the account in a narrative form.
MAY 2001 'Practical readings of social events'.
Analyse and interpret the meanings, functions and consequences of the study. - 3Ethnography- ApproachNaturalistic realism- observe how the subjects live in their 'natural state' undisturbed by the researcher.
'Philosophical view remains true to the nature of the phenomenon under study'. - 4Ethnography-MethodologyMATZA 1969- Direct social contact, argue cannot understand human action by mere causal relationships. Human actions based on cultural meanings i.e. discourses, intentions, beliefs.
PO= Hallmark of ethnographic research. Questions how individuals engage with the social world.
MAGUIRE 2000 Promotes a triangulation method as one methods weakness is counteracted by another strength.
LECOMPTE 2002 Stated this methodology not rigorous. Lack of controlled experiments and the fact it is hard to replicate. Research must justify their study and anaylsis to academic audiences and policy makers.
Idiographic- not able to generalize. - 5Ethnography- MethodologyATIKINSON AND HAMERSLEY 2007 - No standard definition can be solidified due to the numerous ways ethnographic research can be conducted due to a 'globalized village'= based on 'urban ecology'.
Types include Netography, PO, life studies etc= questions the relevance.
MAGUIRE suggest modern ethnographers spend little time talking to the criminals. - 6Ethnography- 2nd School Chicago HistoryMalinowski- First British anthropologist, revealed a detailed description of his experience to work 'in the field'.
2nd School of Chicago- ethnography based on deviance during the 1960's.
BECKER symbolic interactionist, studied Marijuana drug users, attempted to demonstrate how social processing of labeling them as deviant individuals affected them.
BREWER common sense approach- 'detailed knowledge of things foreign, exotic and peculiar'.
LIAZOS 1972 'Nuts, sluts and perverts'- gives the illusion that ethnographic research focuses on mainly 'exciting' topics opposed to mundane issues. - 7Ethnography- Feminist historyHOBBS - ethnographers of deviance, both subject and authorship are dominated by men'.
GELSTHROPE 1990 identified 4 common features,
1. Choice of topic which is relevant and sympathetic to the women.
2. Subjectivity within recording style.
3. Reflextive approach.
4. Preference that not exclusively focus on qualitative research.
REINHARZ 1992 feminist ethnographers have contributed 2 things - How to choose a topic/ strategy type.
Highlighted compromises have to be made in respect of the participants challenges to the authentic accounts produced due to an element of control over the final product promised to the participants. - 8Ethnography - AccessComplex procedure- INCARDI gained a strong drug contact list involving those 'Hang on's' to the street culture of heroin, cocaine etc, included drug traffickers, drug dealers etc.
BURGESS 1984 'Gatekeeper'- 'Those individuals who... have the power to grant or withhold access to people or situations for the purpose of the research'.
INCARDI 'protector', an informant who vouched for him. Elements of ATRUSIM, letting a new member into the fold, sort of speak. INCARDI was allocated a new identity- 'pervert' not to arise suspicion on entry.
Need 'Verstehen' - build relationship with people- access closed cultures.
Compared to online research access is problematic some participants inaccessible- no internet access, not want to engage over-line.
Is this a different version of reality?
Asychronous (Not in live time). if conduct an ethnographic interview online people have more time to consider their answers, no sponetanety.
BROOKMAN 1999 employs a realistic approach as to what can be achievable in both the material seek/ volume of data analysed. - 9Ethnography- 'Going Native'Loss of objectivity, aversion.
MALINOWSKI critised for racist analysis of his fieldwork study, 'exterminate the brute' dislike due to tabaco incident.
Aim is to gain a minimum political conviction and practical interest.
SHARPE 1998 emotional/physical turmoil experienced e.g. laughed/ sworn at or frustration. Playfully quoted '...makes library research seem a trifle dull incomparison'. - 10Ethnography- 'GOING NATIVE'BENSON AND STRANGROOM 2006 economical with the truth- researcher manipulate findings to correlate with their opinion. Results in some over sympathaise or not with the subjects.
INCARDI 'House girl' tried to provide avenue for treatment/ help. Not possible for all. Paraylised to help and made vulnerable in the situation.
PEARSON 1993 'messy business'. - 11Ethnography- limitationsHard to separate the researcher between the social world and the science as they are activiely par taking in the social world we live in.
FETTERMAN 1989 researcher must be both the story teller and scientist without subjectivity impeding.
INCARDI- constant bombardment of offers for sex or sell drugs makes it hard to purely observe- supports Fetterman's arguement. - 12Ethnography-INDUCTIVE/DEDUCTIVEO'REILLY 2009 Inductive approach suitable for qualitative research.
Inductive approach= No hypothesis set, more flexible in addressing human societies, helps the researcher not have any preconceived ideas about what they are studying.
Deductive approach= set off with a hypothesis in mind. Narrows researchers focus and emphasis their own cultural biases enough that important information may be glossed over.
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