Ethnographic Practice
Interview
Observation
Construction of Categories
Field Application
Initial and General
Determination of Elements
“Fly on the wall” technique
Fly on the wall” technique
Research is an inquiry, a search for new knowledge and new understanding.
It is necessary, as far as possible, to merge with the scene and disturb what
least possible action with our presence.
Establishing rapport with informants is the goal of every field researcher.
When you bthose people you are
By studying, you experience feelings of accomplishment and encouragement.egin to achieve rapport with
,In this case, the researcher only plays the role of researcher and observes situations of interest as such; for example, a lesson from the back of the classroom an assembly of schools from the back of the room a staff meeting or a recreation from outside.
Casual Unstructured
In the first place, we could observe that interview is not precisely a term fortunate, since it implies a formality that the ethnographer tries to avoid
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In the interview, we have to probe the details of people's experiences
and the meanings they attribute to it.
Categorization and Second Survey
The investigator has the responsibility to establish cross-checks on the
informant stories.
Direct Questioning
Questionnaires are not popular with ethnographers. In truth, there are those who totally exclude its use with the excuse that it belongs. a style of research whose basic assumptions are daily opposed to ethnography
Institutional Dimensions
ncome is a common problem in ethnography and, consequently, the literature.
respective field presents voluminous and valuable
recommendations to researchers who
try to get in
Specific Subjects
Observers expect informants to provide them with a
deep understanding of the scene.
Analysis Records
For all practical purposes, there is an unlimited number of documents, records, and
official and public materials, available as data sources.
Initial and ad hoc reflection is more typically speculative and less well-formed.
Rudimentary Empirical
In some moments when the mass of data incorporated into the field notes,
transcripts, documents, has to be ordered
Parallel Readings
Another aspect of ethnographic analysis that can be derived from the type of analysis
elemental, to operate independently of it, is that of the formulation of concepts, whether guided by the collection of data or guiding said collection.
Diagnostic Assay
The main emphasis has been on discovery rather than verification.of theories, but this does not include, that the analysis
Initial Visions of Solution
There is also in it
reflection, which in turn informs the following series of data
In this case, the researcher only plays the role of researcher and observes
situations of interest as such; for example, a lesson from the back of the classroom,
an assembly of schools from the back of the room a staff meeting or a
recreation from outside.
Establishing rapport with informants is the goal of every field researcher.
When you begin to achieve rapport with those people you are
By studying, you experience feelings of accomplishment and encouragement.