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Ideal for applied researchers, students, training programs, and technical assistance projects in any field, this comprehensive guide to applied ethnography distills the expertise of the distinguished anthropologist and methodologist Pertti Pelto over his acclaimed 50-year career.
List of contents
1: Introduction to Ethnographic Research; 2: Main Steps of Applied Ethnographic Field Research; 3: Gaining Entry to a Study Site: Getting Started; 4: Social Mapping and Sketch Mapping: Getting the Lay of the Land; 5: Early Phases of Research: Key Informants and Group Discussions; 6: Note Taking and Other Recording: Capturing and Managing the Data; 7: Participant Observation; 8: Sampling and Counting in Ethnographic Research; 9: In-Depth Interviewing: Case Interviews; 10: Free Lists: Getting an Inventory of Things in a Cultural Domain; 11: Pile Sorting and Other Structured Interviews; 12: Analysis of Qualitative Text Data: Basic Steps; 13: Structured Observation of Behaviors and Events; 14: Using Hypothetical Scenarios, Diaries, and Other Special Techniques; 15: Mapping: A Powerful Tool in Ethnographic Research; 16: Qualitative Research Guidelines: RAP, PRA, RRA, FES, and Others; 17: Research Teams and Training in Applied Ethnographic Research; 18: Writing Ethnography: Keeping it Grounded and Inductive; 19: Past, Present, Future: Notes on the History and Future of Applied Ethnography
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Pertti J Pelto
Summary
Ideal for applied researchers, students, training programs, and technical assistance projects in any field, this comprehensive guide to applied ethnography distills the expertise of the distinguished anthropologist and methodologist Pertti Pelto over his acclaimed 50-year career.
