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ETHNOGRAPHY
Detailed description of
events, as well as finding an
insight into their meaning
(description + analysis)
Inductive analysis
Subjective Experiences to allow research findings to
(of research subjects) emerge from the frequent or
significant themes inherent in
raw data
Aim
Aim Of Ethnographic Research
To identify behavior
patterns and anticipate;
to make the reader
understand the
perspective of the native
to the culture studied
(Fetterman, 1998)
Understand context,
complexity, and politics
of social processes
(Warren, 2004)
INTEL employs full-time ethnographers to research computer
use in the home, at work, and in the mobile space
(i.e., digital content creation practices)
Key Characteristics Of Ethnographic Research
Descriptive nature
Cultural themes
A culture-sharing group:
• Vary in size
• Interacts on regular basis
• Interacted over a period of time
• Representative of a larger group
Types of data
• Emic data (data supplied by the participants)
• Etic data (ethnographer’s interpretation of participant’s
perspectives)
• Negotiation data (information participants and researcher agree
to use in a study)
Setting, situation, or
environment that
surrounds the cultural
group being studied
Reflexivity:
Surfboard
Wax
Weed
Swell 15/12/2011
Bolsillo y pradomar. Alta brisa. Lluvia. Corriente fuerte.
By Crystal Abidin
Through self-branding
techniques, Influencer
mothers’ portrayals of
their young’ children’s
lives “as lived” are the
canvas on which (baby)
products and services
are marketed to readers
as “advertorials”.
The Ethnographic Process
• A question or
concern is identified observe
for study
• A group to study is
identified
– Typically small analyze register
– Typically purposively
selected
learned subjective
idealized socially shared
moral system
transmitted
cumulative
dynamic roles perdurable
values
CONSUMPTION CULTURE
beliefs norms signs codes
high/low contexts language
artifacts interaction rituals
institutions myths
punishment rewards