Ethnographic Practice
Observation
Initial and General
Determination of Elements
Empathy and Rapport Process
Fly on the wall technique”
Interview
Casual Unstructured
First Poll
Categorization and Second Survey
Direct Questioning
Field Application
Institutional Dimensions
Specific Subjects
Analysis Records
Initial Reports
Construction of Categories
Rudimentary Empirical
Parallel Readings
Diagnostic Assay
Initial Visions of Solution
To carry out an ethnographic practice it is necessary to identify the problem, the issue or the topic to be studied.
The main requirements of observation are, of course, a sharp eye, a keen ear and a good memory.
Establishing rapport with informants is the goal of every field researcher
The “fly on the wall” technique is used by the researcher to observe things as they happen naturally, with as little interference as possible from their presence.
The interviewer must find ways to get people to start talking about their perspectives and experiences without structuring the conversation or defining what they should say.
Interviewers should constantly ask informants to clarify and elaborate on what they have said, even at the risk of appearing naive.
In our research, we confront our informants' narratives with other knowledgeable people and with our own observations and experiences.
They can be useful in ethnographic work to the extent that their use is consistent with their principles.
The ethnographic approach involves penetrating group cultures and the perspectives and realities of others.
The people, as well as the scenarios, must be described in concrete and non-evaluative terms.
The analysis of official documents opens many new sources of understanding. Materials that objective fact seekers find useless are valuable to the ethnographic researcher precisely because of their subjective nature.
Some researchers record comments in the margin of the transcript of their discussions with students and include them in the final report. This helps to connect the discussion with the main analysis.
It means ordering the data in a coherent, complete, logical and succinct way..
The researcher will have to do some preliminary reading in order to get an overview of the field or approaches that have been taken, and will have to take into account work done throughout the research.
The primary purpose in the research effort considered in its entirety is to help provide the theoretical construct.
In ethnography, analysis occurs simultaneously with data collection. When observing, interviewing, taking field notes and keeping a research diary, the work of the ethnographer is not limited to recording.