1st Edition

Ethnographic Engagements Encounters with the Familiar and the Strange

By Sara Delamont, Paul Atkinson Copyright 2021
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

In Ethnographic Engagements: Encounters with the Familiar and the Strange Delamont and Atkinson, each with over 40 years of experience as ethnographers, present strategies for designing, conducting and publishing research that contributes original insights. Ethnography is a core qualitative research method, widely used across the social sciences. However, producing good, interesting and... Read more

1. Core Themes  2. Good Questions and Good Designs  3. Access, Openings and Encounters  4. Initial Analysis and Focusing Strategies  5. Revisiting Data Collection  6. Organising and Analysing  7. Reading and Reflecting  8. Writing the Unfamiliar  9. Leaving the Field  10. Epilogue

Biography

Sara Delamont is Reader Emerita in Sociology at Cardiff University. Her recent books include: Embodying Brazil: An Ethnography of Disaporic Capoeira (Routledge 2017) and Fieldwork in Educational Settings, 3rd edition (Routledge 2016).

Paul Atkinson is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at Cardiff University. His recent books include Thinking Ethnographically (Sage 2017) and Writing Ethnographically (Sage 2020). Ethnographic Encounters, with Emilie Whitaker, will be published by Routledge (2021). He and Sara Delamont were the founding editors of the journal Qualitative Research.