Ethnography: Principles in Practice

By Martyn Hammersley and Paul Anthony Atkinson

Book Overview

Now in its third edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly updated and substantially rewritten. It offers a systematic introduction to ethnographic principles and practice. New material covers the use of visual and virtual research methods, hypermedia software and the issue of ethical regulation. There is also a new prologue and epilogue. The authors argue that ethnography is best understood as a reflexive process. What this means is that we must recognize that social research is part of the world that it studies. From an outline of the principle of reflexivity the authors go on to discuss and exemplify main features of ethnographic work, including: the selection and sampling of cases the problems of access observation and interviewing recording and filing data the process of data analysis and writing research reports. Throughout, the discussion draws on a wide range of illustrative material from classic and more recent studies within a global context. The new edition of this popular textbook will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers utilizing social research methods in the social sciences and cultural studies. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415086647
• ISBN13: 9780415086646
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Thorough discussion of field work and possible problems

I enjoyed this book. Gave lots of examples of issues to consider and heaps of references, even though quite a few were dated. Little too 'modernist' is some areas, that is, gave little diversity in opinions. Worth reading if you are planning on, or already doing, ethnographic fieldwork.