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Resources for Students, Page 2

This page contains information for students who are wishing to conduct ethnographic research in the field. It contains practical guidance on topic, approach and methodology.

Ethnographic Conversations

Ethnographic Conversations are very informal interviews, very much led by the informant, who the ethnographer sees as being able to 'impart wisdom', rather than 'confirm hypotheses'. Continue reading →

Participant Observation

Participant observation is central to ethnography. It is the method by which the researcher both participates & observes in the studied environment. Continue reading →

An Overview of Ethnographic Methods

The aim of this post is to go over some key features of the three main methods for collecting data as part of an ethnographic research project. Continue reading →

The Ins and Outs of Field Notes

Writing ethnographic field notes Field notes are an integral part of ethnographic observation, allowing you to retain detailed evidence of what you have observed in the field. Here we provide some tips for taking ethnographic field notes. Continue reading →

Employability and your Year Abroad Research Project

What impact does your YARP have on your employability? ... Continue reading →

Live Panopto Session with Lisa and Heidi

Lisa and Heidi go through their advice for conducting ethnographic research, with examples from their own research, and students ask their own questions about ethnographic fieldwork. Continue reading →

Personal blogs about ethnography

A few blogs hosted by a mixture of post-grad students and researchers, they give you an idea of what fieldwork is like and are nicer to read than a book! ... Continue reading →

Choosing a Research Method

It’s important to think of the angle you want to take on your project and which method will allow you to have empirical data which effectively backs up your research question and links with your theoretical framework. The topic you pick need not necessarily dictate your research method. Continue reading →

Videos about Fieldwork

Here are some videos for our more visually-oriented ethnographers, covering observation and qualitative interviewing techniques. Continue reading →