Interrogating Ethnography

Author : Steven Lubet
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190655679

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"In this comprehensive review of urban ethnography, Steven Lubet encountered a field that relies heavily on anonymous sources, often as reported by a single investigator whose underlying data remain unseen. Upon digging into the details, he discovered too many ethnographic assertions that were dubious, exaggerated, tendentious, or just plain wrong. Employing the tools and techniques of a trial lawyer, Lubet uses original sources and contemporaneous documentation to explore the stories behind ethnographic narratives. Many turn out to be accurate, but others are revealed to be based on rumors, folklore, and unreliable hearsay. Interrogating Ethnography explains how qualitative social science would benefit from greater attention to the quality of evidence, and provides recommendations for bringing the field more closely in line with other fact-based disciplines such as law and journalism"--Publisher's website.

Author : Steven Lubet
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190655693

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Interrogating Ethnography by Steven Lubet Pdf

In this comprehensive review of urban ethnography, Steven Lubet encountered a field that relies heavily on anonymous sources, often as reported by a single investigator whose underlying data remain unseen. Upon digging into the details, he discovered too many ethnographic assertions that were dubious, exaggerated, tendentious, or just plain wrong. Employing the tools and techniques of a trial lawyer, Lubet uses original sources and contemporaneous documentation to explore the stories behind ethnographic narratives. Many turn out to be accurate, but others are revealed to be based on rumors, folklore, and unreliable hearsay. Interrogating Ethnography explains how qualitative social science would benefit from greater attention to the quality of evidence, and provides recommendations for bringing the field more closely in line with other fact-based disciplines such as law and journalism.

Author : Hannah Knox,Dawn Nafus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526127954

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Ethnography for a Data-saturated World by Hannah Knox,Dawn Nafus Pdf

Author : Raymond Madden
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446241462

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Being Ethnographic by Raymond Madden Pdf

Full of practical 'how to' tips for applying theoretical methods - 'doing ethnography' - this book also provides anecdotal evidence and advice for new and experienced researchers on how to engage with their own participation in the field - 'being ethnographic'. The book clearly sets out the important definitions, methods and applications of field research whilst reinforcing the infinite variability of the human subject and addressing the challenges presented by ethnographers' own passions, intellectual interests, biases and ideologies. Classic and personal real-world case studies are used by the author to introduce new researchers to the reality of applying ethnographic theory and practice in the field. Topics include: - Talking to People: negotiations, conversations & interviews - Being with People: participation - Looking at People: observations & images - Description: writing 'down' field notes - Analysis to Interpretation: writing 'out' data - Interpretation to Story: writing 'up' ethnography Clear, engaging and original this book provides invaluable advice as well as practical tools and study aids for those engaged in ethnographic research.

Author : Jenny Fleming,Sarah Charman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000812916

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Routledge International Handbook of Police Ethnography by Jenny Fleming,Sarah Charman Pdf

Ethnography has a long history in the humanities and social sciences and has provided the base line in the field of police studies for over 60 years. We have recently witnessed a resurgence in ethnographic practice among police scholars, and this Handbook is a response to that revival. Students and academics are returning to the ethnography arena and the study of police in situ to explain the evocative worlds of the police. The list of ethnographic sites is vast and all have fed the rejuvenation of ethnographic endeavour. Together they suggest innovation, theoretical depth, broad geographical boundaries, multi-site experiments, and multi-disciplinarity, all of which are central to the exploration of police and policing in the twenty-first century. This Handbook encapsulates the revival of police ethnography by exploring its multidisciplinary field and cataloguing the ongoing ethnographic work. It offers an original and international contribution to the field of police studies and research methods, providing a comprehensive and overarching guide to police ethnography. We see the previous classics in every page and still note the influence of the early ethnographers. At the same time, we see the innovative breadth and diversity of these narratives. The aim of this Handbook is to highlight the mosaic that is police ethnography at a point in time and note with pleasure its contribution to the field once more. Ethnography may be messy, difficult, and at times uncooperative, but its results offer a unique insight into the perspectives of people and organisations that can hide in plain sight. An accessible and compelling read, this Handbook will provide a sound and essential reference source for academics, researchers, students, and practitioners engaged in police and criminal justice studies.

Author : James Treadwell
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781526416285

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Criminological Ethnography: An Introduction by James Treadwell Pdf

"Written by one of the best Criminological Ethnographers in the business, this text will serve as an invaluable and insightful resource for both novice and seasoned ethnographers of criminological issues." - Anthony Ellis, University of Salford In the first textbook to cover ethnography specific to criminology, James Treadwell guides readers through the ethnographic research process in full, starting with a background to criminological ethnography, through planning and doing an ethnographic project, and finally, the writing up and reporting stage. The book provides guidance for navigating key issues in ethnography, including access and researcher safety, and supports readers when carrying out their project with helpful exercises, questions and checklists. It also includes insightful case studies comprised of classic works and the author′s own ethnographic projects, along with a range of extra learning features including key terms, a glossary, and further reading suggestions. A valuable resource for anyone embarking on ethnographic research in criminology for the first time.

Author : Noah Amir Arjomand
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316518007

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Fixing Stories by Noah Amir Arjomand Pdf

Examines the role and influence of news 'fixers' in Turkey and Syria who assist foreign journalists with local sources and shape the news.

Author : Anthony Kwame Harrison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199371785

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Ethnography by Anthony Kwame Harrison Pdf

"This volume provides readers with a comprehensive guide to understanding, conceptualizing, and critically assessing ethnographic research reporting in qualitative research"--

Author : Martyn Hammersley,Paul Atkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351380959

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Ethnography by Martyn Hammersley,Paul Atkinson Pdf

Now in its fourth edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly updated and substantially rewritten. The volume offers a systematic introduction to ethnographic principles and practice, and includes a new chapter on ‘Ethnography in the digital world’. The authors argue that ethnography is best understood as a reflexive process. This requires recognition that social research is part of the world that it studies, and demands that researchers reflect on how they shape both data and analysis. Starting in Chapter 1 with an outline of the principle of reflexivity, against the background of competing research philosophies, the authors go on to discuss the main features of ethnographic work, including: the selection and sampling of cases the problem of access field relations and observation interviewing the use of documents recording and organizing data the process of data analysis and writing research reports. There is also consideration of the ethical issues involved in ethnographic research. Throughout, the discussion draws on a wide range of illustrative material from classic and more recent studies, within a global context. The new edition of this popular textbook will be an indispensable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and for all researchers using ethnographic methods in the social sciences and the humanities.

Author : Jessica Smartt Gullion
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004508095

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Writing Ethnography (Second Edition) by Jessica Smartt Gullion Pdf

A concise, engaging guide to writing qualitative research.

Author : Matthew Bacon,Bethan Loftus,Mike Rowe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003811558

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Ethnography and the Evocative World of Policing by Matthew Bacon,Bethan Loftus,Mike Rowe Pdf

This book demonstrates the unique contribution police ethnographies make to our understanding of policing cultures and practices in a variety of international settings. It features contemporary examples of police ethnographies that demonstrate the continuing value of ethnographic work to our understanding of policing. The first section of the book focuses on the police and Anglo-American policing. The second section is international in scope and seeks to enrich our understandings of policing ‘beyond’ the police. Chapters explore police interactions during a stop and search and at a carnival. They peer behind the scenes at the control room and at the use of intelligence. We listen in to the experiences of new recruits and the stories told in canteens. They also take us into the world of private security agencies, to Kenya and to Vietnam. The book explores the position of ethnographers asking: whether we do too much with rather than on the police; and whether our work reveals more about us as academics than them as officers. Together, they are revealing of a changing policing landscape. Ethnography and the Evocative World of Policing demonstrates the unique value of ethnographic work in the fields of policing studies and criminology. It will be a key resource for scholars and researchers of policing, criminology, sociology, law, and research methods.The chapters in this book were originally published in two special issues of Policing and Society.

Author : G. Mark Schoepfle
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781544351049

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Introduction to Cognitive Ethnography and Systematic Field Work by G. Mark Schoepfle Pdf

Introduction to Cognitive Ethnography and Systematic Field Work by G. Mark Schoepfle provides a guide to the fundamentals of cognitive ethnography for qualitative research. A focus of this technique is collecting data from flexible but rigorous interviews. These interviews are flexible because they are designed to be structured around the semantic knowledge being elicited from the speaker, not around some pre-conceived design that is based on the researcher’s background, and they are rigorous because the basic linguistic and semantic structures are shared among all cultures. Written by one of the founders of this technique, this text provides a wealth of concentrated knowledge developed over years to best suit this collaborative and participant-centric research process. Eight chapters show how intertwined data collection and analysis are in this method. The first chapter offers a brief history and overview of the cognitive ethnography. Chapter 2 covers planning a research project, from developing a research question to ethics and IRB requirements. The next two chapters cover interview background, techniques, and structures. Chapter 5 addresses analysis while Chapter 6 covers transcription and translation. Chapter 7 covers observation, while a final chapter address writing a report for both consultants and outside audiences.

Author : Jens Kjaerulff
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781782386162

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Flexible Capitalism by Jens Kjaerulff Pdf

Approaching “work” as at heart a practice of exchange, this volume explores sociality in work environments marked by the kind of structural changes that have come to define contemporary “flexible” capitalism. It introduces anthropological exchange theory to a wider readership, and shows how the perspective offers new ways to enquire about the flexible capitalism’s social dimensions. The essays contribute to a trans-disciplinary scholarship on contemporary economic practice and change by documenting how, across diverse settings, “gift-like” socialities proliferate, and even sustain the intensified flexible commoditization that more commonly is touted as tearing social relations apart. By interrogating a keenly debated contemporary work regime through an approach to sociality rooted in a rich and distinct anthropological legacy, the volume also makes a novel contribution to the anthropological literature on work and on exchange.

Author : Tom Vine,Jessica Clark,Sarah Richards,David Weir
Publisher : Springer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137585554

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Ethnographic Research and Analysis by Tom Vine,Jessica Clark,Sarah Richards,David Weir Pdf

This book reflects on the contemporary use of ethnography across both social and natural sciences, focusing in particular on organizational ethnography, autoethnography, and the role of storytelling. The chapters interrogate and reframe longstanding ethnographic discussions, including those concerning reflexivity and positionality, while exploring evolving themes such as the experiential use of technologies. The open and honest accounts presented in the volume explore the perennial anxieties, doubts and uncertainties of ethnography. Rather than seek ways to mitigate these ‘inconvenient’ but inevitable aspects of academic research, the book instead finds significant value to these experiences. Taking the position that collections of ethnographic work are better presented as transdisciplinary bricolage rather than as discipline-specific series, each chapter in the collection begins with a reflection on the existing impact and character of ethnographic research within the author’s native discipline. The book will appeal to all academic researchers with an interest in qualitative methods, as well as to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Author : A. Lynn Bolles,Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz,Bernard C. Perley,Keri Vacanti Brondo
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781487539078

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Anthropological Theory for the Twenty-First Century by A. Lynn Bolles,Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz,Bernard C. Perley,Keri Vacanti Brondo Pdf

Anthropological Theory for the Twenty-First Century presents a critical approach to the study of anthropological theory for the next generation of aspiring anthropologists. Through a carefully curated selection of readings, this collection reflects the diversity of scholars who have long contributed to the development of anthropological theory, incorporating writings by scholars of color, non-Western scholars, and others whose contributions have historically been under-acknowledged. The volume puts writings from established canonical thinkers, such as Marx, Boas, and Foucault, into productive conversations with Du Bois, Ortiz, Medicine, Trouillot, Said, and many others. The editors also engage in critical conversations surrounding the "canon" itself, including its colonial history and decolonial potential. Updating the canon with late twentieth-century and early twenty-first-century scholarship, this reader includes discussions of contemporary theories such as queer theory, decolonial theory, ontology, and anti-racism. Each section is framed by clear and concise editorial introductions that place the readings in context and conversation with each other, as well as questions and glossaries to guide reader comprehension. A dynamic companion website features additional resources, including links to videos, podcasts, articles, and more.