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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... focus on how people stay the same rather than how they change . Then there's a focus on external factors rather than internal factors that keep them the way they are . Next , the assumption is that these external factors are " social ...
... focus on how people stay the same rather than how they change . Then there's a focus on external factors rather than internal factors that keep them the way they are . Next , the assumption is that these external factors are " social ...
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... focus . They keep it there until one or the other changes that focus , and the change is usually obvious in the transcript . As you go through the transcripts , you'll begin to notice that some topics recur . These recurrent topics are ...
... focus . They keep it there until one or the other changes that focus , and the change is usually obvious in the transcript . As you go through the transcripts , you'll begin to notice that some topics recur . These recurrent topics are ...
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An Informal Introduction to Ethnography Michael Agar. 6 Narrowing the Focus Narrowing the focus of an ethnography can be a painful operation . By the time choices must be made , you are probably nearing that arrogant stance , partly ...
An Informal Introduction to Ethnography Michael Agar. 6 Narrowing the Focus Narrowing the focus of an ethnography can be a painful operation . By the time choices must be made , you are probably nearing that arrogant stance , partly ...
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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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