Ethnography key concepts

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Contextualization, culture, descriptive field notes, emic perspective, etic perspective, ethnography, field diary, field jottings, field log, field notes, holistic perspective, participant observation, reflective field notes, triangulation ...

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Reflective field notes

by Tran Nguyen - Saturday, 24 December 2016, 10:44 PM

When observing a culture, setting, or social sitution, field notes are created by the researcher to remember and record the behaviors, activities, events and other features of the setting being observed. They are meant to be read by the researcher to produce meaning and an understanding of the culture, social situation or phenomenon being studied.

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