Chapter 3: Looking and being
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Chapter
Published:
02 Jun 2023
Page Range:
36–50
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883949.00008
Keywords:
Participant observation; Non-participant observation; Multisensory research; Ethnography; Ethnographic authority; Cognition; Being there; Fieldwork; Research methods
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Chapter 3 provides an overview of observational methods used in ethnography, namely participant and non-participant observations. The researcher’s goal in observation is not to see the general but the individual on their terms. Moreover, ethnographers use their vision and, by being in the field, use other senses. From this holistic immersion, ethnography derives an integral part of its authority and credibility.

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Cover How to Be an Ethnographer
How to Be an Ethnographer
Monograph Book
Published:
02 Jun 2023
Print ISBN:
9781800883932
eISBN:
9781800883949
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883949
Pages:
128
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2023
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