ERT Session 1

8/20/2019 ERT Session 1

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EthnographySession 1


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Module detailsIntensive moduleMondays 3-5pm, Room U122

Fridays 1 – 3pm, Room U122Module handout on LearnRead in advan e o! le tures

Read mono"raphs#o pra ti al $or%&ssessment' 1(() ourse$or%*la"iarism – $at h out


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Ethnographic methods

Main featuresFocus is usually on a single setting or groupData gathered from range of sources, butparticipant observation and informalinterviews are usually main onesUnstructured data collection - that is datacollected initially in as raw a form aspossibleBehaviour studied in everyday contexts

nalysis involves interpretation, whichincludes description and explanation butlittle statistics or !uanti"cation


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Minimal #e+nitionIterative-indu tive resear h that evolves in desi"nthrou"h the study , dra$in" ona !amily o! methods,

involvin" dire t and sustained onta t $ith humana"ents$ithin the onte.t o! their daily lives and ultures /0at hin" $hat happens, listenin" to $hat is said,as%in" uestions, andprodu in" a ri hly $ritten a ountthat respe ts the irredu i ility o! human e.perien e,that a %no$led"es the role o! theoryas $ell as the resear her s o$n role,and that vie$s humans as part o 4e t part su 4e t/


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& 6istory o! Field$or%#ocial nthropology andBronislaw Malinows$i

%&''(-&)(*+he robriand slandsBoo$. Argonauts of TheWestern Paci c (Chapter

One)


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Malinows$i/s

Methodology.Data collected in contextime is essential

to limit e0ects as observerto understand the group as an insiderto develop hypothesesto observe seasonal changes

1articipation.experience2settling in


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Malinows$i/s

Methodology3bservation. the more detached role

4ollecting datasystematic, rigorous, comprehensive

5earning the languagelinguistic and cultural


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Malino$s%i7s

ethno"raphy6elationship of theory to data. theory7ows from dataFunctionalism. The Sexual Life ofSavages , &)8* edition

1ositivism. science, facts,generalisations


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#ociology and he 4hicago

#chool4ommitted to direct "eldwor$ and empirical study6obert 1ar$s. 9 Go get the seats of your pants

irty in real research!6esult was a number of classics

Frederic hrasher/s The Gang4li0ord #haw/s The "ac# $oller :els nderson/s The %o&o

;orbaugh ' The Gol Coast an The Slu


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8he 9hi a"o S hoolDeveloped participant observation andcase study methods4ase study. a research design that ta$esas its sub


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5aud >umphreys

earoom rade. mpersonal#ex in 1ublic 1laces


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6umphreys4overt research %issues of ethics+1articipation. "nding an insider role

3bservation. systematic

Data to theory. no pre-statedhypotheses


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Two main ways of approaching qualitative research

1) Accepting the superiority of the scientific approach

2) Viewing qualitative methodology as a different kindof science

Positivist versus Interpretivist

thnography


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:thno"raphi resear h is

iterative-indu tive


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0hat is ethno"raphy used !or

$hat sorts o! uestions does it respond to;


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>ey *rin iples:thno"raphi Resear h is'Fle.i leRe?e.ive9olla orative:thi al


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he distinction between methodology and methodSarah *in%/ 0omen and @ull+"htin"/

8he methodology is the approa h ta%en and the method is the a tualpra ti e one uses – su h as intervie$in" and parti ipant o servation/

Methodology. re?e.ive and e.periential$anted to e.perien e ho$ $omen ould +t in to ull+"htin" ulture/

1articipatory methods to a hieve this' For e.ample, y learnin" lo alhorse ridin" te hni ues, pra ti in" lo al photo"raphy onventions, "oin" to

ull+"htin" lu s and per!orman es – +ttin" into that ulture in the est $ay/

3bservational methods to a hieve this' #idn7t $ant to e a $omanull+"hter, ut o served and dis ussed the per!orman es o! $omen $ho did

and met and spo%e $ith them to try to understand their lives1hotographic and media research methods. &lso vie$ed, dis ussedphoto"raphs, ma"aAines, and televised ull+"hts $ith people parti ipatin" inthe resear h– espe ially those !eaturin" $omen per!ormers/ She $anted tolearn ho$ they interpreted these audio visual representations as this $as a%ey $ay to +nd out ho$ they understood the role o! $omen ull+"hters/

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