ethnography
Sign in to saveEthnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. It explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject of the study. Ethnography is also a type of social research that involves examining the behavior of the participants in a given social situation and understanding the group members' own interpretation of such behavior.
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Ethnography is a research method where researchers study a particular culture or social group by observing their behavior and learning how the people themselves understand their own lives and actions. It matters because it provides deep insight into how different communities actually live and think, rather than relying on outsiders' assumptions about them.
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25 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Development as a science
- Features of ethnographic research
- Data collection methods
- Differences across disciplines
- Cultural and social anthropology
- Sociology
- Communication studies
- Other fields
- Evaluating ethnography
- Ethics
- Classic virtues
- Technical skills
- Ethnographic self
- Forms
- Autoethnography
- Genealogical method
- Digital ethnography
- Multispecies ethnography
- Relational ethnography
- Notable ethnographers
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Ethnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. It explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject of the study. Ethnography is also a type of social research that involves examining the behavior of the participants in a given social situation and understanding the group members' own interpretation of such behavior.
Ethnography is a form of inquiry that relies heavily on participant observation. In this method, the researcher participates in the setting or with the people being studied, often in a marginal role, to document detailed patterns of social interaction and the perspectives of participants within their local contexts. It had its origin in social and cultural anthropology in the early twentieth century, but has since then, spread to other social science disciplines, notably in sociology.