Doing fieldwork : ethnographic methods for research in developing countries and beyond /

Making use of his own research experiences in Papua New Guinea, Southern Ontario, and Newfoundland, Wayne Fife teaches students and new researchers how to prepare for research, conduct a study, analyze the material (e.g. create new social and cultural theory), and write academic or policy oriented b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fife, Wayne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2005.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Fieldwork.
Ethnology > Fieldwork > Developing countries.
Ethnology > Research > Developing countries.
Ethnology > Developing countries > Methodology.
Ethnologie > Recherche sur le terrain.
Ethnologie > Recherche sur le terrain > Pays en voie de développement.
Ethnologie > Recherche > Pays en voie de développement.
Ethnologie > Pays en voie de développement > Méthodologie.
Physical anthropology & ethnography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Society.
Ethnology > Fieldwork
Ethnology > Methodology
Ethnology > Research
Developing countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to ethnographic research methods
  • pt. A. Methods for macro-level research
  • 2. Using historical sources for ethnographic research
  • 3. Contemporary scholarly sources and a theoretical orientation
  • 4. Newspapers and government documents : popular and official sources of information
  • pt. B. Methods for micro-level research
  • 5. Participant-observation as a research method
  • 6. Interviewing
  • 7. Self-reporting
  • pt. C. Putting the ethnography together
  • 8. Analysis
  • 9. Creating and testing theory
  • 10. Academic and practical writing.

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