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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... detail . Even if they were similar in detail , they differed in their bias . One ethnographer might discuss socialization from a Freudian point of view . Another might discuss it in terms of learning theory . A third might focus only on ...
... detail . Even if they were similar in detail , they differed in their bias . One ethnographer might discuss socialization from a Freudian point of view . Another might discuss it in terms of learning theory . A third might focus only on ...
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... detail in areas already selected as significant by respondents . The third interview requested comprehensive self - evaluations of life - style by asking things about future plans , advice that would be given to someone younger , heroes ...
... detail in areas already selected as significant by respondents . The third interview requested comprehensive self - evaluations of life - style by asking things about future plans , advice that would be given to someone younger , heroes ...
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... detail . Unfortunately , such breadth is difficult to obtain and probably not as well rewarded professionally as ... detailing procedures to be used . Material from the applicant's institution certifying that a local review had been con ...
... detail . Unfortunately , such breadth is difficult to obtain and probably not as well rewarded professionally as ... detailing procedures to be used . Material from the applicant's institution certifying that a local review had been con ...
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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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