Ethnography in Social Science Practice, edited by Julie Scott-Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University and Sal Watt, Liverpool Hope University is a new multidisciplinary text for the Social Sciences. Featuring a range of contemporary and accessible case studies, the book is suitable for both beginners to the subject or those who wish to develop their ethnographic skills further.
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Ethnography in Social Science Practice explores ethnography’s increasing use across the social sciences, beyond its traditional bases in social anthropology and sociology. It explores the disciplinary roots of ethnographic research within social anthropology, and contextualizes it within both field and disciplinary settings.
A number of key questions are explored:
The book is aimed at Social Science students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and each chapter has pedagogic features, including reflective activities and suggested further readings for students.
Ethnography in Social Science Practice explores ethnography’s increasing use across the social sciences, beyond its traditional bases in social anthropology and sociology. It explores the disciplinary roots of ethnographic research within social anthropology, and contextualizes it within both field...
Published March 24th 2010 by Routledge
Now in its third edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly updated and substantially rewritten. It offers a systematic introduction to ethnographic principles and practice. New material covers the use of visual and virtual research methods, hypermedia software and the...
Published June 13th 2007 by Routledge
Ethnographies Revisited provides first-hand accounts of how leading qualitative researchers crafted key theoretical concepts found in their major book-length ethnographies. Great ethnographic research lies not in the rigid execution of prescribed methodological procedures, but on the unrelenting...
Published June 29th 2009 by Routledge
