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I have collected data for my qualitative case study 3 years back (through classroom observations, ethnographic notes, artifacts, interviews, etc.) related to the use of pupils' first language in learning English. All these data have been transcribed and initially analyzed. However, due to global pandemic and series of lockdowns I was not able finish my study (final/full paper report). When I resumed graduate school study recently, the issue on the validity of my research data was raised. I am anxious that I might be advised to re-do it again. As I study the circumstances and issues under study, (use of first language in learning the English language), nothing has changed with the practices in pre-pandemic and post-pandemic educational classroom setting. Similar language practices and features can be observed. Please help me on this. I hope you can cite authorities to back up my justification.Thank you and God bless.
Data collection for qualitative research (Ethnography)
Hi everyone, please consider contributing to my research by taking my short survey, on the supernormal properties of designs, where you will be shown some images and asked about emotions elicited. Thank you for the support
I am doing a language and discourse-focused project on the construction of young female identities in digital storytelling practices. My primary data will be social media posts by a selected number of beauty and fashion bloggers, which I will do close analysis (narrative analysis) on. I hope to conduct semi-structured interviews with the bloggers as well, as supplementary data, possibly to triangulate with the language analysis (supporting or adding nuances to the interpretations made in the narrative analysis).
However, I am really confused about what might be considered as the appropriate "method of data analysis" for the ethnographic interview data, in the sense that it can work together with the social media post data?
I think there are discussions about methods such as content analysis, but I guess my confusion is about how such method of analysis for the interviews can work together with discourse/narrative analysis of the posts? How to make clear and explicit their relationships? Or if the project is quite discourse-centered, will the project be not quite considered as "ethnography" per se?
Any suggestions on the method to use? Or closely relevant readings? Thank you!
This Summer, I'm enrolled in a doctoral research course on ethnographic methods. My team chose non-participant observation of a popular location in a large city we can observe via Webcam.
Our research questions relate to how people interact in the location now that mandated CoVid restrictions have been lifted.
I am trying to locate literature that is on-point (CoVid-related) or strongly related (post-pandemic or catastrophe) and can support our findings.
We realize the nature of ethnography means there may not have been time for publication of relevant studies. However, there could be conference presentations or scholarship under review for publication.
If anyone can provide recommendations of material for me to search out, I'd be grateful.
I am considering using Ethnographic Content Analysis for data analysis. Does anyone have any experience of using this method of data analysis? I would be grateful if you could direct me to some useful studies or resources or even better be happy to meet with me directly to discuss this.
I'm planning to read some ethnographic papers next vacancies. could you tell me your suggestions for your favorite ethnographic paper you have read or written?
Appreciated.
I'm interested in doing a religious ethnographic study of a Hindu religious movement?
Considering that I am in the middle of transcribing/translating audio files, can I make use of ATLAS.ti or NVivo (or any other) to organize my data? I used unstructured interviews and some of them were deep, lengthy conversations. Which is a better software for managing ethnographic data and analyzing narratives? Thanks
there are a lot of obvious negatives of undertaking a netnographic research in social sciences as compared to an ethnographic data collection, but in this pandemic, what other non obvious issues need to be pondered upon and taken care of during the data collection?
I have moved away from asking students in a variety of classes (ethnographic methods, introductions to anthropology as well as advanced courses) to develop unique projects. I have a few reasons for these changes and am interested in learning what others think.
In place of unique projects, I give students short "experiments" where they can apply effort to specific work. For example, in methods, I give students a subject and ask them to develop questions, analyze responses, think about ethics and about what does and does not work. My goal is to teach the conduct of inquiry and it is my belief that regardless of the project, there are some basic skills that will define success. Additionally, anthropological research does not take place in the span of a few weeks--and teaching students they can successfully complete a project in a semester is problematic to say the least. So, my question is how do you manage classes where students are learning methods or applying anthropological concepts? Do you give students free reign to develop a project they are interested in? Do you give students an assigned series of exercises? Or is there an alternative that works for you that I and others can learn from?
Hi there,
I have been looking for some ethnographic (qualitative) methods that could be used in COVID times. I have collected some data through survey and conducting interviews through whatsapp and mobile phone.
Any recommendation would highly be appreciated!
Best,
ARC
Anthropology is regarded as scientific study of ‘man and his work’. it studies the network of social relationship. Then the two important questions which come to our mind: (1) Are children NOT human beings? (2) Are children NOT part of network of social relationships or social structure?
Good morning all,
I am in the first year of my PhD looking at entrepreneurial opportunity and collective identity construction processes in socially-orientated start-ups.
I had planned to start data collection this coming September using traditional ethnographic methods, such as non-participant observations, interviews, story-boarding and content analysis. Given the current climate and the uncertainty regarding 'normal' working practices going forward, I may not be able to secure ethical clearance to be able to undertake such research due to the high level of risk for participants and the degree of uncertainty as to how such risks can be mitigated at this stage. Of course, I need to secure ethical clearance before I undertake any research and so in order to start collecting data in September as desired, I need to look to potential alternative methods.
Does anyone have any experience of conducting an ethnography of organisational studies utilising remote technologies or able to point me in the direction of useful papers on netography/ alternative ethnographic methods when face to face is not possible? Or, if you are in a similar situation, are you able to share your approach towards your ethnography research design and ethical clearance during the current climate?
I would be grateful for any ideas and suggestions.
Best regards,
Katherine
Teacher evaluation plan against the norm-referenced one is a standard concept followed everywhere. Yet, how should it be adapted to meet the unique needs considering the problem that relates to the diverse and multilevel of teacher competencies? Sometimes teacher evaluation plan is missing in a single teacher school or where high teacher absenteeism is a frequent phenomenon particularly in remote rural locations of third world countries or in marginalised institutions or unaided private underfed institutions. Let me give you an example of marginalised institutions of Islamic seminaries or Madarsas typically falling under the private unaided unrecognised category where developing a plan, reporting goals or teacher portfolios or peer observations certainly doesn't operate with the same level of anticipated dynamics of a norm-referenced set-up. At times, there is no scope of enquiry or action research or even video or audio recordings. there is no opportunity for anyone to get the feel of any lesson plan or learning outcomes. I think this alternate teacher evaluation will definitely explore the possibilities of looking into such uncharted territories of having a conversation first with the authorities or administrators to evolve an ethnographic -oriented alternate plan that works in a 'degree of fit' framework.
I am a doctoral student and I am looking to do a qualitative research study that looks at the potential influence of teachers on the way minority students view their leadership capabilities.
Originally, I had chosen a grounded theory approach, but my committee thinks that an approach that looks at the intersectionality of the various factors may be more appropriate.
I am thinking of doing a narrative inquiry approach with phenomenological methods or maybe even a narrative inquiry approach with ethnographic methods.
Any pointers?
I have completed, and thematically coded over 300 survey responses. These have been screened to provide 15 interview candidates who were interviewed in their homes (semi-structured with accompanying field notes) as a second source of data. Interviews were reflective of survey responses given. Area of research is a social attitude towards a particular everyday practice.
Thank you
Within an Ohio urban prison that strongly discouraged the doing of qualitative research, pre-pandemic times saw me employing 'arm-chair' ethnography through documentary films in face-to-face sociology classes. With that past experience behind bars and now pandemic stopping face-to-face fieldwork for regular university classes, I am struggling to employ something similar for undergraduate online classes. What might I do to encourage 'ethnographic seeing' and develop a sociological imagination in my virtual courses lacking face-to-face interaction?
I need to have a brief statement indicating the research topic to the Title: Normative Ethnographic Leadership Enterprise to create the background study, data to be collected and solutions to recommend.
The Ethnographic study goes with peer observation and also class room observation of a particular region and the influence of teacher and text on it also studied. at this juncture, I am getting some ambiguity how to start the thesis on it and how to continue it? Is there any research on Ethnographic study on ELT reference to flipped class room?
Anthropology is regarded as scientific study of ‘man and his work’. it studies the network of social relationship. Then the two important questions which come to our mind: (1) Are children NOT human beings? (2) Are children NOT part of network of social relationships or social structure?
I am involving in an ethnographic study related to my own community, dealing mainly with cultural aspects. Is it possible for me to include myself as an interviewee and fill in the research questionnaire from an emic perspective?
Briefly, can an ethnographer be allowed to explain the answer to the research question from both emic and etic perspectives?
I intend to perform an ethnographic study on Indian or Sri Lankan traditional practices (mostly in Hindus methodology) in treating chickenpox, focusing on using "Neem", "Turmeric" in particular. Culturally many practices are highly irrelevant to modern science and superstitious, some practices seem to be effective.
Please assist me by offering your viewpoints on this
Coming from critical animal studies to environmental education research I wonder whether and how we can conceptualize the subjectivity, agency and integrity of water.
I'd be interested in doing an ethnographic study on human-water relations, but posthuman and new materialist approaches to natureculture often seem to loose the voice of nature. How can I make sure that such a study makes the voice of water audible rather than only celebrating human projections and practices? In my earlier work on human-horse relations I found cognitive ethology a helpful ally for developing a critical stance, but with respect to water I am still looking for an appropriate paradigm.
Is there software that has been produced to analyse the resuts of a netnography?
I am looking for an author to write a chapter for a book I am editing. The chapter is about ethnographic research into critical care. Are you interested in writing this chapter or do you know someone who may be interested?
A student of cross-cultural hunter gatherer cosmology, I am tempted to apply certain themes that appear to be repeated and may ulluminate our understanding the meaning and function of prehistoric rock paintings and drawings. However, the time depth and frame of reference my preclude any valid inferences. Do you have thoughts on these issues?
The main study will be mixed method (Explanatory Sequential Design). I would like to do a small ethnographical study prior to the main study ('embedded' within a target group) in order to 'take notes,' observe and so on ... the idea is that this would probably help me to better define the structure and scope of my (quantitative) survey and (qualitative) semi-structured interviews. Does this sound okay to you research people out there? Much appreciate your ideas / guidance.
So I'm an NP and I'm writing a paper about the toxic discourse used to attack NP's and in return attack physicians, essentially my point is can we all stop being mean to each other and just look after patients please?!
I'm starting with a sort of thematic analysis and finding all the opinions on all sides and grouping them together. This is stuff from the media, from academic journals, and from government and professional body publications.
Then I want to explore the wording on all sides and call out anything that's not based on any evidence and then explore how these inaccurate statements can have a negative impact on the NP profession and more importantly on patient care.
Can I call this critical ethnography even though I've not done any interviews, but I'm discussing peoples opinions?
Is it critical discourse analysis? (I think this might fit best???)
If not what is it? Just a critical analysis? Just me being grumpy about everyone being mean?!
1. as compared to collecting ethnographic data, what are the challenges while collecting/ observing autoethnographic data?
2. should the autoethnographic data collection happen during the actual events or after the events (through memory recollection)?
Dear all,
I am doing research for a company in finding the best cross-selling promotion for a certain FMCG product. I will do this partially by doing ethnographically informed research, in which I will observe the consumers within the store and afterward approach them for a semi-structured interview about their store journey and purchase decision.
How big should the sample size be?
Furthermore, if anyone knows useful articles on promotion, advertising and/or cross-selling especially for FMCG products, I will be more than grateful if you would share them with me.
Thank you in advance!
one of my scholars wanted to know the influence of ethnographic studies on the enhancing of oral skills. actually, all the students has taken to the target group are from technical background. can any one suggest any books, articles or others
It is believed that children may not lend necessary cooperation to an “adult childhood researcher” for various reasons. One obvious reason is that s/he belongs to a different generation and therefore is not part of the children’s culture. Such a situation may prompt the “adult childhood researcher” to engage a “child researcher“ for his/her ethnographic writings. In case of such an engagement of a “child researcher” by the “adult researcher” for gathering quality field data for writing a child-centered ethnography, what are the preparatory steps that s/he needs to complete as part of research methodology and ethics?
I am designing a doctoral seminar on doing data analysis of ethnographic, social science research. As part of the course, I want to introduce students to a specific software program for aiding in their data analysis.
How can we analyze the qualitative data from a semi structured interview? and how much the sample size needed for ethnographic qualitative research?
How can we analyze the qualitative data from a semi structured interview? and how much the sample size needed for ethnographic qualitative research?
I am going to conduct a study of 6 members of one WhatsApp group chat. I was thinking to do a qualitative single case study. Single, because the 6 participants are from the same group chat. Eventually I may have access to the content of the group chat content, that will help me to triangulate the info from the interviews.
It is difficult for me to find the bounded system for the case study, so that, I am thinking to change the choice. Maybe holistic single case study..... ??? why or why not it could be phenomenology, ethnographic, appreciative inquiry (i do not want to be limited to only speak about positive effects of the group chat)...
Thank you for your help in order to decide the what type of study could be done.
C.
In the research methods classes I teach students may ask why bother with the small sample size ethnographic type of study that produces data that is prone to error and subjectivity when there is big data that can be accessed and SurveyMonkey, Twitter, etc., which can yield more robust data from enormous samples? What would your answer be?
What is your understanding of ethnography? What approaches to research does ethnography encompass? How would you define or describe ethnography?
Whats is the minimum duration for an Ethnographer to collect data?
Hi, I have used a rapid (quick, short-term) ethnographic approach to answer my research question which is based on small community development NGO processes. My question here is multifaceted...please answer one or more!
1. Is ethnography (outsider's observations and interpretations) antithetical to community development values of bottom-up, participant driven, indigenous research methods?
2. How short is too short for observation to be worthwhile and valid?
3. Can an observer justify their interpretations of the small slice of interactions that they see over the course of a few days as valid?
4. What do you think are some problems and benefits of rapid ethnography?
Dear All in the net
I am looking for advice on use friendly qualitative/Ethnographic data analysis software, would suggest me pleas?
Our anthropology department runs three different field schools during the summer - archaeology, biological/forensic and ethnographic. We've decided to require instructors to include a safety plan in their field school proposal. The conditions in the field are relatively similar for archaeology and biological (which often takes place in cemeteries). Safety plans are fairly well developed for working at such sites. However, I haven't seen or heard of a safety plan for an ethnographic field school. Can anyone direct me to some examples or provide some suggestions for things it should cover? Thanks!
In parallel to the expansion of the global humanitarian system, there has been a general rise of humanitarianism as field of study. Anthropology is arguably the most established discipline with a focus on humanitarianism, though the discipline has predominantly concerned itself with how people - recipients, practitioners, decision makers and donors - interact with the discourses, narratives, structures, institutions and rules of humanitarianism. A major challenge is the discipline's strong focus on participant observation, which needs to be multi-sited to enable the study of a global phenomenon. The use of ethnographic methodologies creates challenges as well as possibilities, but what are they and how do they impact on the findings of the research?
I recently had an article published for which if researched two Kazakh proverbs using ethnographic as well as corpus linguistic methods. As I consider expanding this project, I am interested in reading about comparable projects.
I am going to carry out a multilevel ethnographic study on health governance in the Southern part of Nepal. Health service users, service providers at the local health facility and concerned officials at the District Health Office (DHO) are the potential research participants for this study.
Dear all,
I am currently working on an ethnographic interview that can help to investigate teaching experience in multicultural classes. what questions do you think I should ask, in order to bring out emotions and thoughts about that kind of teaching experience.
Thanks in advance to those who will help!
i have done semi structured interviews and memoing along with the field notes. how do i analyse the fieldnotes along with my interviews and observations?
Hi there.
Currently writing up my PhD thesis.
I've conducted an ethnography of a particular cultural phenomenon and am struggling to pose a specific research question.
I've treated my role as an ethnographer to find out as much as I can about those how fit into the 'sub-culture'. My investigations have led to a large data set that covers a broad range of themes. I've never looked to answer a specific question or solve a specific problem just to learn as much as I can about them, thier thoughts and thier way of life.
So now I'm struggling to narrow it down.
Are there any ethnographers out there that can help - or links to some good examples from Ethnography literature?
All help received with gratitude.
I've heard a lot about NVivo and Ethnograph. I'm looking into Maxqda also- I prefer a program with tech capabilities such as audio, transcription, apps etc...
I am trying to find a document/web-page for information on the amount or quantity of MSW received and processed by each landfills in the United States of America.
In particular, I'm trying to work out if there was a brief hiatus in profiling activities between the end of CAPPS II and the beginning of Secure Flight. All the sources I can find seem rather vague and seem to imply there was a break between around 2005 and 2009.
Thanks in advance
Could you please speak a little more about the volume on the subaltern? I am currently researching on this very topic, both on its theoretical and fictional representations.
Regards.
I am currently doing an ethnographic study on interracial relationships of specifically indian (asian) women and their experiences of that. Therefore looking for any literature on these topics or anything relating would be useful. If you know of any research, please direct my way.
the title of the topic is North African patients’ views surrounding cancer pain in the United Kingdom (UK)
It has been written that Franz Boas -the father of modern anthropology- was critical of Edward Curtis' photographic and ethnographic project for being weak on methodological rigor. Among Boas' vast bibliography and unpublished archives, is there any record of his views on Curtis?
Attaching link to Franz Boas archives at The American Philosophical Society.
Dear all, since a few months I am working in a public institution and as a social/cultural anthropologist I am wondering if some of you can suggest me interesting ethnographic works in this field. Thanks.
should it be:
- The Western Canon?
- Ethnic art?
- New Art History and the Ethnographic turn?
- Gender art studies?
- Global art studies?
- or which alternative ?
Art school meaning : art college training
What does ethnographic data tell us about migration? how is it different from economics studies? why is ethnographic data on migration more important?
Hi all,
In the framework of my PhD research, I am looking for ethnographic studies focused on family life (in both the ancient times and the present days) among the inhabitants of Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Fatu Hiva, Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou and Ua Huka.
I am not interested in general ethnographic works, but only in studies covering the field of domestic dynamics. I will be grateful to whose able to share with me their knowledge on this topic.
Thank you very much
I co-translate oral al Nabati poetry but my Arabic is weak.Therefore, I rely heavily on a co-translator and validators of my work. What responses I get are mostly favourable. Does anyone else know ethnographic translators using this method?
I am looking for any (ethnographical, political, cultural, anthropological,...) information about this community in Switzerland, Liechenstein, Italy or Austria.
If I could find answers to my questions there, it would be perfect. My questions are:
- Are Walsers more like a separate ethnic group, or more just like an ethnic subgroup?
- How and to what extent did Walsers integrate into mainstream society?
- What are the main Walsers' traditions and what assists (or avoids) in their maintenance?
- What is the impact of government interventions in Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein to maintain (or loss) walsers' traditions?
I am looking for ethnographic and/or ethnohistoric references, as well as archaeological studies.
Thanks in advance!
Hello. I have found in literature that in some past and modern settlements habitation rooms were often coupled by one or more rooms that are smaller in size (i.e., floor area) and are used for various "utilitarian" tasks (e.g., storing, processing, tools maintenance). During my review of archaeological and ethnographic literature, I have found for instance that this type of activities organization occurs in ancient US pueblos (e.g., Broken K, Turkey Creek Pueblo) as well as in some modern groups such as the Fulani in Africa.
I was wondering if anyone wants to provide feedback on the above, widening the scenario of possible parallels. Indication of case studies and bibliographical references are welcome.
Thanks
Hello,
I have found an interesting study in which the author elaborates on the relation between millstones (also termed metate) and handstones (also termed manos) size and their efficiency in food processing. Among other things, the study stresses that an increase in those tools size implies an increase in efficiency, i.e. a reduction of the time spent processing a given amount of material. The study is the following:
Mauldin R. The Relationship between Ground Stone and Agricultural Intensification in Western New Mexico. Kiva. 1993;58: 317–330.
Now, I was wondering if there is any (ethnographic, archaeological) study on the relation between the size of millstones and/or handstones and the size of the household in which they were used.
Thank you.
Gm
Gianmarco,
Correction: a mortar being concave like a bowl allows the larger grain particles to stay in the center.
Huckell (A Ground Stone Implement Quarry on the Lower Colorado River, Northwestern Arizona. 1986:9) notes that there were 331 metate preforms found at a quarry site in Arizona. Except for a 3 that were smaller than 31x36 cm and 2 that were larger than 90x100 cm, all fell within a range of 40 to 100 cm long and 25 to 60 cm wide. As you can see by his Figure 4 length vs. width chart, most lengths clustered between about 44 and 70 cm, while widths clustered from about 30 to 50 cm. He says on Page 49 that Mohave informants "suggested that it was not unusual for there to be more than one metate in a given household." Thus they divided the work.
For instance, in a research study following up on interviews with participants throughout the world, what studies are available that discuss using such online technology as Facebook, messenger, blogs, etc to maintain contact and provide continued interaction?
We have attempted to do this and are recently now aware of such interpretation relating to the Altai. Are there others? I thought it possible in the American Southwest rock art and saw reference to a discussion there as well. Any other areas? How did you make this connection? On what have you based your arguments?
Of course I already have some literature, for example
Zwischen Isolation und Sprachkontakt: Der romanische Wortschatz der Vorarlberger Walser: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40503977
Alessio Boattini, Clio Griso & Davide Pettener. Are ethnic minorities synonymous for genetic isolates? Journal of Anthropological Sciences. Vol. 89 (2011), pp. 161-173.
Mathieu Petite. A new perspective on the Walser community.
But I can not find an article with the results of the research.
I am especially interested in studies on the Ladin community in the Italian Dolomites but also on the Raeto-Romance community in Switzerland. Thank you.
I would be grateful for references to ethnographic studies looking at issues concerning the EP in general, and specific dirty-projects in particular
In viewing group behavior, researchers sometimes attach meanings to their categories of data interpretation that are unjustified and are not acceptable to the members of the group. At the same time, what the emic or insider view of events provides may not create a true picture of the phenomenon under investigation, and therefore, not acceptable to the researcher. Can you suggest a way out of this dilemma???
I am currently making my phd on ethnographic approximations to the production and circulation of documents. I am interesting in similar approaches of Annelise Riles work on documents as artifacts of modern knoweldge (2006). I am flowing in STS's sensibilities and, in general, works which takes materiality as a main feature of social production (Deleuze studies, ANT descriptions and so on). Thanks in advance.
Gifts could be of anthropological objects too and I am also interested if anyone knows something about gifts made by John Jacob Astor's son in-law, the german diplomat Vincent Rumpff (1789-1867). Thank you!
At present, my doctoral is a purely ethnographic study. In criminology, many such studies have been published as books (e.g. the works of Elijah Anderson, Dick Hobbs, Coretta Phillips). However, as regards academic papers/theses, even ethnographic studies seem to all have a component of stand-alone analysis: e.g. content analysis, discourse analyis, using NVivo or other such programs. In short, I'm trying to ask the following: if a thesis aims to purely be an ethnographic study, what explicit modes of analysis must be used (if at all)? And does this have to include computer-programs for data analysis?
I am looking for quantitative studies using the "care-giving timing" protocol, describing how much time every adult member of the family (the care-givers) spends to educational activities with the younger members of the family. Please, I am not interested in general studies or qualitative approaches: I am ONLY interested in quantitative studies based on the observation of the care-giving time.
Actually, I am working on a PhD thesis and my goal is to demonstrate the impact of compulsory schooling on native communities domestic dynamics. I observed care-giving time within the two communities I am working (the Wayana-Apalaï people, in the Amazon sector of French Guiana, and the people of Hiva Oa, a remote island in French Polynesia) and I would like to compare my observations with the results reported in other ethnographic studies.
Thank you very much for your help.
I am pretty much interested in settlement information from this area (including both native and mestizo populations). In particular from an anthropological perspective and particularly from recent times. The same goes for any information on oil drilling and the upcoming establishment of oil infrastructure (Plan B in the Yasuni ITT).
