Ethnographic Research Methods
Ethnography Methods Map in SAGE Research Methods
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Recommended Book Chapters
Read these book chapters to get great examples of how to do ethnography.
Chapter 1: Mapping Faith on the Avenue, from Faith on the Avenue by ISBN: 9780199860029Publication Date: 2014-01-07- Chapter 2: Constructing the Sacred in Space and Place from Faith on the Avenue by ISBN: 9780199860029Publication Date: 2014-01-07
Chapter 5: "In Spirit and In Truth," from Every Time I Feel the Spirit: Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American Church by ISBN: 0814758193Publication Date: 2004-12-05
Handbooks and Encyclopedias
Doing Ethnography by ISBN: 9781473913332Publication Date: 2018This book provides a systematic introduction to ethnographic methods for data collection, analysis and representation. It takes you through the art and the methodological practicalities of ethnographic research, covering research design, choosing and accessing research settings and participants, data collection, field roles, analysis and writing. The book concludes with a bold assessment of the challenges, innovations and futures facing ethnography.
- Chapter: "Ethnography" in The SAGE Handbook of Social Science Methodology
This 10 page ebook chapter on Ethnography gives a concise and thorough introduction to the methodology. - Chapter: "Multi-Sited and Mobile Ethnography" in Key Concepts in Ethnography
This chapter describes ethnography done the way you will be doing your religious observations for this class: traveling to sites integrated in urban landscapes, or virtually via Zoom or Livestreaming. - Chapter: "Participant Observation" in The Dictionary of Human Geography
A research method in which the researcher aims to participate in the process under study so as to gain intimate knowledge of subjects and their habits, which insiders to a realm of practice might not otherwise reveal – or be able to reveal – in contrived situations such as interviews.