Key Concepts in Ethnography

"An accessible and entertaining read, useful to anybody interested in the ethnographic method."<strong><br/><em>- Paul Miller</em></strong><em><strong>, University of Cumbria</strong><strong></strong></em><br/><br/>"A very good introduction to ethnographic research, particularly useful for first time researchers."<strong><br/><em>- Heather Macdonald</em></strong><em><strong>, Chester University</strong><strong></strong></em><br/><br/>"The perfect introductory guide for students embarking on qualitative research for the first time... This should be of aid to the ethnographic novice in their navigating what is a theoretically complex and changing methodological field."<strong><br/><em>- Patrick Turner</em></strong><em><strong>, London Metropolitan University</strong><strong></strong></em><br/><br/>An accessible, authoritative, non-nonsense guide to the key concepts in one of the most widely used methodologies in social science: Ethnography, this book:<ul> <li>Explores and summarises the basic and related issues in ethnography that are covered nowhere else in a single text.</li> <li>Examines key topics like sampling, generalising, participant observation and rapport, as well as embracing new fields such as virtual, visual and multi-sighted ethnography and issues such as reflexivity, writing and ethics.</li> <li>Presents each concept comprehensively yet critically, alongside relevant examples. </li></ul><p>This is not quite an encyclopaedia but far more than a dictionary. It is comprehensive yet brief. It is small and neat, easy to hold and flick through. It is what students and researchers have been waiting for.</p>