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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An Informal Introduction to Ethnography Michael Agar. The Concept of Fieldwork " " some human group ? The name for " doing ethnography " is " fieldwork . There is a tradition in cultural anthropology that one cannot be told how to do ...
An Informal Introduction to Ethnography Michael Agar. The Concept of Fieldwork " " some human group ? The name for " doing ethnography " is " fieldwork . There is a tradition in cultural anthropology that one cannot be told how to do ...
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... fieldwork in conditioning the rest of your research . And there are some reports around of disasters that suggest that such advice should not be ignored . But then you read of the strain of maintaining what you think is the correct ...
... fieldwork in conditioning the rest of your research . And there are some reports around of disasters that suggest that such advice should not be ignored . But then you read of the strain of maintaining what you think is the correct ...
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... fieldwork . You are adrift , trusted by none , and unsure of what is going on around you . In this chapter , I want to consider some of the problems of the early phase of fieldwork . Several problems are relevant here . First of all ...
... fieldwork . You are adrift , trusted by none , and unsure of what is going on around you . In this chapter , I want to consider some of the problems of the early phase of fieldwork . Several problems are relevant here . First of all ...
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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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