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Ethnography: A Way of Seeing

  • ISBN-13: 9780759111691
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ALTAMIRA PRESS
  • By Harry F. Wolcott
  • Price: AUD $94.99
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  • Local release date: 28/01/2008
  • Format: Paperback (230.00mm X 155.00mm) 352 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Anthropology [JHM]
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One of anthropologys leading writers on ethnographic methods, Harry Wolcott discusses the fundamental nature of ethnographic studies. Tracing its development from its disciplinary origins in sociology and anthropology, he points out what is distinctive about ethnography and what it means to conduct research in the ethnographic tradition. In this engaging and thought-provoking book, Wolcott distinguishes ethnography as more than just a set of field methods and practices, separating it from many related qualitative research traditions as a way of seeing through the lens of culture. For both beginning and experienced ethnographers in a wide range of disciplines, Wolcotts book will provide important ideas for improving research practice. 

Harry F. Wolcott (1929-2012) was professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon and a leading author in anthropology and research methods. Wolcotts major works include anthropological studies of American education: Teachers Versus Technocrats and The Man in the Principals Office: An Ethnography. He also wrote extensively on fieldwork and writing: Transforming Qualitative Data; The Art of Fieldwork; Ethnography: A Way of Seeing; and Writing Up Qualitative Data and is the author of the more recent Sneaky Kid and Its Aftermath: Ethics and Intimacy in Fieldwork (all published by AltaMira Press).

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