The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to EthnographyThis edition of an introductory text opens with a chapter that brings ethnography up-to-date and aims it toward the next century. At a time when numerous disciplines, organizations, and communities are discovering ethnography, Agar shows how the fundamentals endure. |
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... agencies that have been interested in their work in the past . It is critical to learn the name of a specific staff member at that agency with whom you can correspond . In my four years as a grant reviewer , one of the most important ...
... agencies that have been interested in their work in the past . It is critical to learn the name of a specific staff member at that agency with whom you can correspond . In my four years as a grant reviewer , one of the most important ...
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... agency events that may affect the fate of your application . Hopefully this brief sketch will give you some sense of the process of getting funds . NIDA is only one agency , and its procedures will be idiosyncratic to some extent ...
... agency events that may affect the fate of your application . Hopefully this brief sketch will give you some sense of the process of getting funds . NIDA is only one agency , and its procedures will be idiosyncratic to some extent ...
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... agency , you will concede to some extent the agency's program assumptions . The problem is that ethnographers have a nasty habit of turning agency assumptions into empirical questions , sometimes with results that may call into question ...
... agency , you will concede to some extent the agency's program assumptions . The problem is that ethnographers have a nasty habit of turning agency assumptions into empirical questions , sometimes with results that may call into question ...
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The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography Michael Agar No preview available - 1996 |
The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography Michael Agar No preview available - 1996 |
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