Writing The Ethnography Quartet
Between 2015 and 2022 Paul Atkinson produced four books about ethnography. How and why did that happen, and what did he want to achieve? Learn about this quartet of books.
Qual Data Analysis & Ethnography
Ethnography involves the production of highly detailed accounts of how people in a social setting lead their lives, based on systematic and long-term observation of, and discussion with, those within the setting.
Collaborative Autoethnography and Duoethnography
Find examples of ethnographic research conducted by more than one scholar.
When you are the researcher and the participant with autoethnography
What does it mean to be central to your research? In this post we are defining a method that asks researchers to be at the center of their studies, and looking for explanations and examples of autobiography.
Unstructured Interviews – A Conversational Iceberg
Learn about unstructured interviews in this post from Dr. Azher Hameed Qamar.
Ethnography
Ethnography is a widely used qualitative methodology, growing from roots in anthropology to acceptance in a wide range of disciplines.
Sharing Results from Hybrid Ethnography
Learn about conducting and writing about hybrid ethnography that includes online and offline methods.
“Deep Surfing”: And, Behold, at Last, the Mighty Immersion Journal—Part 4 of 4
More from Robert Kozinets about creating an immersion journal for your netnography project .
Time, Data, Humanity, and the Doing of Netnography—Part 3 of 4 posts
Read part 3 of a substantive series of posts about netnography from Robert Kozinets.
Post-field and Post-participation: The Post-confusing way to do Social Media Ethnography—Part 2 of 4 posts
In part 2, Robert Kozinets continues to give practical suggestions for research with netnography!
The One Netnography Tool You Should Never Be Without: The Immersion Journal—Part 1 of 4
What is an immersion journal and why should netnographers keep one?
Ethics & Ethnography
Dr. Liz Przybylski introduces an open-access chapter about ethical consideration for online or on-ground ethnography.
Indigenist/Anti-Colonial Research
Although Indigenous scholars have been documenting Indigenous research methodologies, little has been written on the practical considerations of doing research across Indigenous/Settler contexts. Read these open access articles as part of the Indigenous & Intercultural Research focus this month.
Lessons from Popular Ethnographies
Key points are discussed about two ethnographies that were popular with readers of SAGE journal articles in 2017: “Knowledge of practice: A multi-sited event ethnography of border security fairs in Europe and North America” and “Algorithms as culture: Some tactics for the ethnography of algorithmic systems.”