Doing Ethnographies

by Mike A. Crang, Ian Cook et al

Doing Ethnographies is an introductory and applied guide to ethnographic methods. It focuses on those methods - participant observation, interviewing, focus groups, and video/photographic work - that allow us to understand the lived, everyday world.



Informed by the authors′ fieldwork experience, the book covers the relation between theory, practice and writing, and demonstrates how methods work in the field, so preparing the first-time ethnographer for the loss of control and direction often experienced.

255 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Aliya Khasseneyeva · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just love academic books written for non-academics! A good guidebook into ethnography for a beginner researcher. The authors write about their own experience of doing ethnography for their PhD and MA. They describe the issues they faced and give possible solutions. A useful book for me to understand what ethnographers actually do, though I don't know how i'm going to use it in my thesis proposal. It doesn't give you academic grounds for conducting the research but it's full of practical recommendations.