Ethnographic Methods

• Main Author: O'Reilly, Karen
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2012; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 2
• Subjects: Comparative method; Ethnography; Ethnography & Methodology; Ethnology; Ethnology > Comparative method; Ethnology > Philosophy; Philosophy; Research methods; Research Methods - Soc. Policy; Research Methods in Education; mobility; Karen O'Reilly; Sarah Pink; Indepth Interviews; Grounded Theory; Covert Research; Layered Account; Exive Approaches; Anorexia Nervosa; Literature Review; Interview Topic Guide; Multi-sited Ethnographies; participant observation; applied ethnography; Young Men; field-walking methods; reflexivity; participatory ethnography; Interviews; Subtle Realism; Mobile Ethnography; Visual Ethnography; digital ethnography; practice theory; Veterinary Technicians; Contemporary Ethnographies; Judith Okely; Ethnographic Texts; sensory ethnography; Research Participants; Global Ethnographies; Plummer 2001a; UK Housing Market; Long Shots; Renato Rosaldo; virtual ethnography; Ethnographic; qualitative methods; Grounded Theory Approach; Research Design; Methods
• ISBN: 9780415561815; 0415561809; 9780415561808; 0415561817
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203864722

This new edition of Karen O'Reilly's popular Ethnographic Methods provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the technical, practical and philosophical issues that arise when employing traditional and innovative research methods in relation to human agents. Using a wide range of case studies and source material to illustrate the dilemmas and resolutions that an ethnographic researcher may encounter, this textbook guides the reader from the initial design and planning stages through to the analysis and writing-up. It explores the historical and philosophical foundations of ethnographic research and goes on to cover a range of relevant topics such as participant observation, qualitative interviews, (focus) group interviews and visual data collection and analysis. Having been substantially revised and updated, the second edition includes new discussions of emerging practices such as reflexive ethnography and autoethnographic accounts, as well as an entire chapter dedicated to new directions in the field - including virtual, mobile, multi-sited and global ethnography.