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Volume 6 of this series draws together chapters presenting diverse views on developments in ethnographic methodology. It covers topics such as validity in ethnographic work, feminist research, comparison within research, public identification of research sites and research involving children.
List of contents
Introduction - debates and developments, G. Walford; Ethnography and the disputes over validity, M. Hammersley; No ethnography without comparison - the methodological significance of comparison in ethnographic research, F. Vogt; Ways of knowing - knowing the way(s)? Reflections on doing feminist fieldwork with mature students, G. O'Toole; As a researcher between children and teachers, S. Lappalainen; Diversity as a perspective for ethnography, from a "critical" child to an ethnographer with little patience, R. Soenen; Why don't researchers name their research sites?, G. Walford; "Making spaces" - researching citizenship and difference in schools, T. Gordon et al; Doing electronic educational ethnography - issues of interpretive quality and legitimacy in virtual reality, R. Silva; From fieldnotes to research texts - making actions meaningful in a research context, E.C. Melhuus; The deceptive imagination and ethnographic writing, D. Beach; (Hyper)text, analysis and method - notes on the construction of an ethnographic hypermedia environment - stories of rape crisis counsellor training, J. Rath;
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Volume 6 of this series draws together chapters presenting diverse views on developments in ethnographic methodology. It covers topics such as validity in ethnographic work, feminist research, comparison within research, public identification of research sites and research involving children.
