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Quick Ethnography
W. Penn Handwerker
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Description for Quick Ethnography
Hardback. Covers traditional anthropological fieldwork techniques and applies them to contemporary applied research problems. This book shows how ethnographic work can be accomplished in a matter of weeks. It is suitable for fieldworkers in anthropology and sociology. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Quick Ethnography (QE) is an easy-to-read guide to the rapid collection of high quality ethnographic data for use in research, policy analysis, and decision-making. It addresses the needs of social scientists grappling with complex cultural social interactions and cultural change occurring in communities around the globe by offering a comprehensive, integrated multi-method approach that will increase research productivity. Handwerker provides step-by-step procedures for producing lots of data very quickly, outlining how ethnographers must control field preparation, data collection, and methods of data analysis. The rigorous QE approach allows greater precision and subtlety of ethnographic description and explanation that is not ... Read more
Quick Ethnography (QE) is an easy-to-read guide to the rapid collection of high quality ethnographic data for use in research, policy analysis, and decision-making. It addresses the needs of social scientists grappling with complex cultural social interactions and cultural change occurring in communities around the globe by offering a comprehensive, integrated multi-method approach that will increase research productivity. Handwerker provides step-by-step procedures for producing lots of data very quickly, outlining how ethnographers must control field preparation, data collection, and methods of data analysis. The rigorous QE approach allows greater precision and subtlety of ethnographic description and explanation that is not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759100589
SKU
V9780759100589
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About W. Penn Handwerker
W. Penn Handwerker is professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of Connecticut. He is known for his research in the Caribbean and the Arctic on health, gender, subsistence, and other important research areas.
Reviews for Quick Ethnography
Quick Ethnography is full of valuable advice and is an efficient method for developing, executing, and analyzing ethnographic field projects. Handwerker draws on his extensive expertise to demonstrate how ethnographers can avoid some of the inefficiencies and pitfalls that have hampered their work. . . . This methods relies on both qualitative and quantitative methods to gather data and employs ... Read more