ISBN:
9780520970458
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (296 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
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DDC:
305.8001
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
While some books present "ideal" ethnographic field methods, Inside Ethnography shares the realities of fieldwork in action. With a focus on strategies employed with populations at society's margins, twenty-one contemporary ethnographers examine their cutting-edge work with honesty and introspection, drawing readers into the field to reveal the challenges they have faced. Representing disciplinary approaches from criminology, sociology, anthropology, public health, business, and social work, and designed explicitly for courses on ethnographic and qualitative methods, crime, deviance, drugs, and urban sociology, the authors portray an evolving methodology that adapts to the conditions of the field while tackling emerging controversies with perceptive sensitivity. Their judicious advice on how to avoid pitfalls and remedy missteps provides unusual insights for practitioners, academics, and undergraduate and graduate students.
Abstract:
Cover -- Inside Ethnography -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE BECOMING AN ETHNOGR APHER -- 1 Going Native with Evil -- 2 Lost in the Park: Learning to Navigate the Unpredictability of Fieldwork -- 3 Unearthing Aggressive Advocacy: Challenges and Strategies in Social Service Ethnography -- 4 Going into the Gray: Conducting Fieldwork on Corporate Misconduct -- PART TWO TEAM ETHNOGRAPHY -- 5 Hide-and-Seek: Challenges in the Ethnography of Street Drug Users -- 6 Into the Epistemic Void: Using Rapid Assessment to Investigate the Opioid Crisis -- 7 Conducting International Reflexive Ethnography: Theoretical and Methodological Struggles -- PART THREE NAVIGATING THE UNUSUAL -- 8 Hidden: Accessing Narratives of Parental Drug Dealing and Misuse -- 9 Navigating Stigma: Researching Opioid and Injection Drug Use among Young Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in New York City -- PART FOUR THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF DOING ETHNOGRAPHY -- 10 Dangerous Liaisons: Reflections on a Serial Ethnography -- 11 The Emotional Labor of Fieldwork with People Who Use Methamphetamine -- 12 Ethnography of Injustice: Death at a County Jail -- Conclusion: Looking Back, Moving Forward -- List of Contributors -- Index.
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