1. Definition
1.1. Masson (1996) : Kind of research which views observational methods as a central plank
1.2. Denzin (1997) : Inquiry and writing about life of the writter and those written about
1.3. Banzanger & Dodier (2004) Studies
1.3.1. Human activites
1.3.2. 1. empirical approach
1.3.3. 2. remain open to elements that cannot be codified at the time of the study
1.3.4. 3. grounding the phenomena observered in the filed
1.4. Study guide
1.4.1. 1. Empircal method -> all
1.4.2. 2. Open-endedness -> Baszanger & Dodier
1.4.3. 3. Connection between the general and the specific
1.4.4. Importance of the
1.4.4.1. ones studied
1.4.4.2. one who studies
1.4.4.2.1. careful of the "centric values"
1.4.5. A way of
1.4.5.1. generating SITUATED knowledge
1.4.5.2. conducted in the CONTEXT of application,
1.4.5.3. using a VARIETY of QUALITATIVE techniques
1.4.5.3.1. interviews
1.4.5.3.2. observations
1.4.5.4. involves
1.4.5.4.1. the people studied
1.4.5.4.2. in participatory research
2. Importance of Ethnography over quantitative methods
2.1. Griffiths (1998)
2.1.1. constrated with "Conversational analysis"
2.2. Bourgeois (1995)
2.3. Maher & Dixon (1999)
3. NARRATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY
4. COMBINATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY
4.1. Chicago School
4.2. Baszanger & Dodier
4.3. Burawoy (1991)
4.4. Salzinger (2000)
4.5. Ecology Metaphor
4.6. Holistic approach
4.7. GROUNDED THEORY
4.7.1. Glaser & Strauss (1967)
5. INTEGRATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY
5.1. Levis Strauss (1963)
6. Positivism
6.1. Scientific method is the only valid source of knowledge
6.2. unaffected by any personal bias
6.3. replicability
6.3.1. Lewis-Redfiled dispute
6.3.1.1. Life in a Mexican village
6.4. Today :
6.4.1. idealised reconstruction rather than accurate description
6.4.2. Latour (1986) Laboratory Life
7. POWER, Rosaldo (1989)
7.1. Let people speak for themselves
7.2. Avoid misspresenting the participant
7.3. Avoid exaggerating their differences
8. Impression management
8.1. Levy
8.1.1. violated taboos in Nothern Thailand
8.2. Annabel Thomas (1993)
8.2.1. homeless women in Brighton
9. Covert participation
9.1. Patricks (1973) "Glasgow Gang Observed"
9.2. Dittons (1977) "Part-Time Crime"
10. WRITING = VALIDATION
11. SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
11.1. Blumer & Hughes
11.2. Phenomenology
11.2.1. Garfinkel (1960)
11.2.2. <> interactionist (superficial, visible actions)