Ethnography Principles in Practice

Now in its third edition, this leading introduction to ethnographic method has been thoroughly updated and substantially rewritten. It offers a systematic introduction to ethnographic principles and practise. New material includes new chapters on the use of visual research methods, recent advances in feminist theory, new regimes of research regulation and a new conclusion.The authors argue that ethnography is best understood as a reflexive process. What this means is that we must recognise that social research is part of the world that it studies. From an outline of the principle of reflexivity in Chapter One, the authors go on to discuss and exemplify the main features of ethnographic work: 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 There is also consideration of the ethical issues surrounding ethnographic research. 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 undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers utilising social research methods in the social sciences and cultural studies.Atkinson, Paul is the author of 'Ethnography Principles in Practice', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415396042 and ISBN 0415396042.