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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... group of sentences , such that the people around will say , " Yes , that's ... members to comment if we are wrong . We will rely initially on sharpening ... group member . My immediate goal is to reduce the difference between the two ...
... group of sentences , such that the people around will say , " Yes , that's ... members to comment if we are wrong . We will rely initially on sharpening ... group member . My immediate goal is to reduce the difference between the two ...
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... group members and they , then , enacted it . But it did give a public , transcribed record of at least some segments ... group of his friends and set a time for the taping . The groups varied from three to five male members , and all ...
... group members and they , then , enacted it . But it did give a public , transcribed record of at least some segments ... group of his friends and set a time for the taping . The groups varied from three to five male members , and all ...
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... group members interpret the flow of events in their lives . It is difficult to imagine any social science statement that does not make some assumptions about group members ' interpretations . An ethnographer , as much as he can , tries ...
... group members interpret the flow of events in their lives . It is difficult to imagine any social science statement that does not make some assumptions about group members ' interpretations . An ethnographer , as much as he can , tries ...
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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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