Ethnography

Earliest qualitative research strategy from colonial anthropology

Has evolved over time

Transforming from a tool of imperialist control to a nuanced approach that involves researchers living among the groups they study

Realist Ethnography

To portray the lives of the group studied in great deal

Emphasizes the importance of understanding there approaches and choosing the most suitable one based on the research context and the nature of the research question

Data are collected through observations and interviews

Aim to better understanding it

Involves hands-on, on-the-scene learning

Qualitative method for collecting data often used in the social and behavioral sciences

Emphasizing how cultural values shape behavior

Critical Ethnography

Using ethnographic methods to improve a situation that is seen as unjust by the research and his/her informants

Does not simply involve the study and description of a group

Interpretive Ethnography

Focus on the visceral quality of understanding

Multiple meanings will be located in the socially constructed interpretations of the different participants

Conduct interviews with deviant schoolchildren to find out their reasons for misbehaving

Resulting in various subtypes such as Realist, Interpretive and Critical Ethnography