{"id":596,"date":"2015-07-10T13:40:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T13:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/?p=596"},"modified":"2015-07-10T13:40:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T13:40:32","slug":"an-overview-of-ethnographic-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/2015\/07\/10\/an-overview-of-ethnographic-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"An Overview of Ethnographic Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The aim of this post is to go over\u00a0some key features of the three main methods for collecting data as part of an ethnographic research project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><!--more-->These include participant observation, ethnographic conversations and one-to-one interviewing. Click below to find out more about each of the methods.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"Participant Observation\" href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/2015\/07\/13\/participant-observation\/\">Participant Observation<\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/participant-observer-duck-wetlands-oregon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-608 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/participant-observer-duck-wetlands-oregon-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Taken from Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington's photostream\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/participant-observer-duck-wetlands-oregon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/participant-observer-duck-wetlands-oregon-432x432.jpg 432w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/participant-observer-duck-wetlands-oregon-268x268.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4><a title=\"Ethnographic Conversations\" href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/2015\/07\/13\/ethnographic-conversations\/\">Ethnographic Conversations<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/lois-lane-interviews-superman-steve-baker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-606 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/lois-lane-interviews-superman-steve-baker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Baker\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/lois-lane-interviews-superman-steve-baker-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/lois-lane-interviews-superman-steve-baker-268x268.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dd\">\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"One-to-one Interviewing\" href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/2015\/07\/14\/one-to-one-interviewing\/\">One-to-one Interviewing<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/lego-interview-matt-brown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-607 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/lego-interview-matt-brown-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Brown\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/lego-interview-matt-brown-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/47\/2015\/07\/lego-interview-matt-brown-268x268.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>See also <a title=\"Techniques for Ethnographic Conversations and Interviews\" href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/2015\/07\/14\/techniques-for-ethnographic-conversations-and-interviews\/\">Techniques for Ethnographic Conversations <\/a>and Interviews and <a title=\"The Ins and Outs of Field Notes\" href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ethnographicencounters\/2015\/06\/25\/the-ins-and-outs-of-field-notes\/\">The Ins and Outs of Field Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of this post is to go over\u00a0some key features of the three main methods for collecting data as part of an ethnographic research 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