Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-165) and index
The first step : an overview:Overview -- The Problem -- Basic or Applied Role -- Theory -- Research Design: Fieldwork -- Formal Analysis -- The Ethnography -- Book Organization -- Walking in rhythm : anthropological concepts: Culture -- Holistic Perspective -- Contextualization -- Emic Perspective and Multiple Realities -- Etic Perspective -- Nonjudgmental Orientation -- Inter- and lntracultural Diversity -- Structure and Function -- Symbol and Ritual -- Micro- or Macrolevel Study -- Operationalism -- A wilderness guide : methods and techniques: Fieldwork -- Selection and Sampling -- Entry -- Participant Observation -- Interviewing -- Survey or Grand Tour Question -- Specific Questions -- ix -- xi -- xiii -- XV -- Open-Ended or Closed-Ended Questions -- Interviewing Protocols and Shategies -- Key Actor or Informant Interviewing -- Life Histories and Expressive Autobiographical Interviews -- Lists and Forms -- Questionnaires -- Projective Techniques -- Additional Eliciting Devices -- Unobtrusive Measures -- Outcroppings -- Written and Electronic Information -- Proxemics and Kinesics -- Folktales -- Gearing up : ethnographic equipment: Pen and Paper -- Digital Voice Recorders -- Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) -- GPS Navigation Tools -- Laptop Computers -- Desktop Computers -- Database Software -- Cameras -- Digital Camcorder -- Cinema and Digital Video -- Internet -- Internet Maps -- Telephony -- Videoconferencing Technology -- Online Surveys -- File Sharing -- Digital Photograph File Sharing -- Blog -- Collaborative Word Processing and Spreadsheets -- Collaborative Web Site -- Finding your way through the forest : analysis: Thinking -- Triangulation -- Patterns -- Key Events -- Maps -- Flowcharts -- Organizational Charts -- Matrices -- Content Analysis -- Statistics -- Problems With Statistics -- Crystallization -- Recording the miracle : writing: Research Proposals -- Field Notes -- Shorthand, Symbols, and Mnemonics -- Reconstruction -- Field Note Organization -- Memoranda -- Interim Reports -- Final Reports, Articles, and Books -- Thick Description and Verbatim Quotations -- Ethnographic Present -- Ethnographic Presence -- Ethnographically Informed Reports -- Literature -- Revising and Editing -- Walking softly through the wilderness : ethics: The Ethnographer's Role -- Academic and Applied Ethnography -- Academic Ethnographers -- Applied Ethnographers -- Administrative Ethnographers -- Action Ethnographers -- Advocate Ethnographers -- Research Life Cycle -- Inception and Prenatal Care: The Problem -- Gestation and Birth: Proposals -- Midwifing: Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) -- Childhood: Field Preparation -- Adolescence and Adulthood: Fieldwork -- Permission -- Honesty -- Trust -- Pseudonyms -- Reciprocity -- Guilty Knowledge and Dirty Hands -- Rigorous Work -- Retirement and Last Rites -- Conclusion
