In _Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes,_ Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I.
Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw present a series of guidelines, suggestions,
and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of
settings, demystifying a process that is often assumed to be intuitive
and impossible to teach. Using actual unfinished notes as examples,
the authors illustrate options for composing, reviewing, and working
fieldnotes into finished texts. They discuss different organizational
and descriptive strategies and show how transforming direct
observations into vivid descriptions results not simply from good
memory but from learning to envision scenes as written. A good
ethnographer, they demonstrate, must learn to remember dialogue and
movement like an actor, to see colors and shapes like a painter, and
to sense moods and rhythms like a poet.
This new edition reflects the extensive feedback the authors have
received from students and instructors since the first edition was
published in 1995. As a result, they have updated the race, class, and
gender section, created new sections on coding programs and revising
first drafts, and provided new examples of working notes. An
essential tool for budding social scientists, the second edition of
_Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes_ will be invaluable for a new
generation of researchers entering the field.
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ISBN
9780226206868
Publisert
2016
Utgave
2. utgave
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Vendor
University of Chicago Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok