List of Tables and Figures
List of Examples
Introduction
Chapter 1: Defining , Collecting, Cataloging, and Analyzing
Artifacts
Chapter 2: Using Archival and Secondary Data in Ethnographic
Research
Chapter 3: Elicitation Techniques for Cultural Domain Analysis
Chapter 4: Mapping Spatial Data
Chapter 5: Conducting Ethnographic Network Studies: Friends,
Relatives, and Relevant Others
Chapter 6: Studying Hidden and Hard-to-Reach Populations
Chapter 7: Using Multimedia Techniques in Ethnographic Research
Chapter 8: Creating Participatory Ethnographic Videos
Index
About the Authors, Artists, and Editors
Jean J. Schensul is founding director and senior scientist at the
Institute for Community Research, Hartford, Connecticut.
Margaret D. LeCompte is professor emerita of education and
sociology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
The fourth volume in the second edition of the excellent
seven-volume "Ethnographer's Toolkit" series, this compilation
features expert-authored chapters, each dealing with a specialized
methodology for conducting applied ethnographic research. Topics
include mapping spatial data, studying hidden and hard-to-reach
populations and elicitation techniques, using archival and
secondary data, utilizing multimedia, and creating participatory
ethnographic videos. Experts in various methodologies of
specialized ethnographic research explain complicated research
tasks and designs, data collection techniques, and analytical
strategies in clear, helpful ways; chapters conclude with extensive
references. In the introduction, editors LeCompte (Univ. of
Colorado) and Schensul (Institute for Community Research, Hartford,
CT) provide useful contextual information. Easily visible key
points, definitions, cross-references, and case studies that are
highlighted in the margins assist readers. Rounding out the volume
are lists of examples, tables and figures, and contributor
information. Although other applied anthropology textbooks, e.g.,
A. Erwin's Applied Anthropology: Tools and Perspectives for
Contemporary Practice (2nd ed., 2005), are good introductions, this
volume is a uniquely essential guide to designing and conducting
specialized ethnographic research. Invaluable for professors and
students of applied anthropology, educators, social and health
services professionals, and others interested in applied
anthropological research. Summing Up: Highly recommended.
Lower-division undergraduates and above.
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