Specialized Ethnographic Methods

This is Book 4 of 7 in the Ethnographer's Toolkit, Second Edition.This collection of individually authored chapters provides cutting-edge approaches to ethnography. Specialized Ethnographic Methods: A Mixed Methods Approach complements the basic inventory of ethnographic data collection tools presented in Book 3 with a number of important additional approaches to conducting ethnography. These include defining and collecting cultural artifacts, collecting secondary and archival data, cultural sorting and comparing methods, spatial research and analysis, network research and analysis, use of multimedia strategies for the collection of ethnographic data, ways to recruit and study “hidden populations,” and participatory ethnographic video production. These data collection strategies are called “enhanced ethnographic methods” because each of them parallels and enhances a strategy first presented in Book 3. Most ethnographers will want to use at least one or two of these enhanced ethnographic methods in their work. Each classic chapter is comprehensive, offering an introduction, description, examples of how to use the method or approach, and discussion of how to conduct effective analyses. Using Book 3 and Book 4 together adds depth and accuracy to cultural portraits and explications.Other books in the set: Book 1:Designing and Conducting Ethnographic Research: An Introduction, Second Editionby Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul9780759118690Book 2:Initiating Ethnographic Research: A Mixed Methods Approachby Stephen L. Schensul, Jean J. Schensul, and Margaret D. LeCompte9780759122017Book 3:Essential Ethnographic Methods: A Mixed Methods Approach, Second Editionby Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte9780759122031Book 5:Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data: A Mixed Methods Approach, Second Editionby Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul9780759122079Book 6:Ethics in Ethnography: A Mixed Methods Approachby Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul9780759122093Book 7:Ethnography in Action: A Mixed Methods Approachby Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte9780759122116