Ethnographic Techniques

Ethnographic Techniques

1. Importance of Observing and Registering

   • Should pay much attention to the small details of everyday life
     • The systematization of what is observed is carried out in:
       • field diary
     • Relationship established with the hosts-observed is known, and that, generally, survives the field work
       • rapport
     • Mere observer or taking active participation in the community life while you are studying it
       • participant observation

2. How to Obtain Information for an Interview

   • Know the language where you're going to do the interview
     • interview guide
       • Is possible to collect basic statistical data per home or family, which include the names, ages and gender of their inhabitants, types of family, professed religion, past and present occupation
     • ethnography oriented to problems
       • Technique used to be introduced to field work to investigate a particular issue
     • longitudinal research and team research.
       • Facilitates the development of successive stages in the fieldwork and allows the verification of issues that have not been sufficiently treated in the first visit or the changes that occurred between each phase.