Skip to main contentDefining Ethnography Maintaining a Naïve State of Mind as a First Hand Observer Employing Ethnography Identifying Bias in the Research Process Summary Background and History Operationalizing the Ethnographic Mindset Moving Forward Introduction to Research Inductive and Deductive Starting Your Research Personal and Organizational Histories Conclusion History of Autoethnography The Structure of Autoethnographies Preparing for the Autoethnography Collecting Data for Your Autoethnography Ethnographic Narratives Introduction What is Feminist Ethnography? Historical Context and the Impact of Feminism(s) on Feminist Ethnography What is Social Reproduction Theory? The Intersection of Feminist Ethnography and Social Reproduction Conclusion Questionable Research Institutional Review Board Privacy and Confidentiality Mapping spaces Non-spatial maps Map making techniques Conclusion What Are Fieldnotes? Basics of Fieldnotes Jottings and Notes Characteristics of Field Notes Templates for Fieldnotes Storing Your Notes Conclusion Types of Observations Observation in Action What are the ‘senses’? Whose senses? Sensory research topics in the world of work Conclusion Introduction Reconciling Participation and Observation The Importance of Allocating Sufficient Time Communicating with Participants to Execute the Research Process Avoiding Deceptiveness and Misrepresentation Getting started Routine versus unexpected behavior and conversations Paying Attention to Repetition Conclusion Introduction Types of Interviews Preparing for an Interview Conducting an Interview Evaluating Information from Interview Preserving the Interview What are codes? How do ethnographers prepare for coding The coding cycle Introduction What is analysis and why do we do it? Analysis begins with coding Thematic analysis How we identify themes Additional ways to identify themes Assertion Development Negative cases/outliers When you feel stuck Introduction Situating Your Voice and the Voices of Other The Writing Process Examples from OER textbook contributors
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Ethnography Made Easy
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Understanding Ethnography Maureen Sheridan
Thinking Like An Ethnographer Kristina Baines
Proposing Ethnographic Research Alia R. Tyner-Mullings
Background Research Tom MartinLiterature Search and ReviewNon-scholarly literature
Autoethnography Alia R. Tyner-Mullings
Feminist Ethnography karen g. williams
Research Ethics Alia R. Tyner-Mullings
Ethnographic Mapping Tom Martin
Collecting Data and Taking Notes Mary Gatta
Observations Nicole Kras
Sensory Ethnography Tom Martin
Participant Observation Maureen Sheridan
Interviews Samuel Finesurrey
Coding Camila Rivera Torres
Analyzing Ethnographic Data April Burns
Writing Ethnography Tom Martin, karen g. williams and Alia R. Tyner-Mullings
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