Ethnographic Work: Process and Problems in Diverse Career Settings

by Gary Alan Fine, Christopher R. Wellin

Ethnographic Work expands readers′ understanding of the range of conditions for ethnographic work beyond the familiar lone ethnographer working in a conventional academic work setting (such as in social, business and political organizations).

The book explores: funding and sponsorship of field research; collaborative or team research; applied field research (in industry, advertising, and marketing settings); and, role conflicts in ethnographic work (e.g. gender, family and age-linked roles.)

96 pages, Hardcover

First published July 30, 2011

About the author

Gary Alan Fine is Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. He is the author of Morel Tales: The Culture of Mushrooming, Kitchens: The Culture of Restaurant Work, and With the Boys: Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture.