Advantages Of Ethnography

Question 1

Learning the local language

Answer 1

to get close to a community, you have to learn their language, which only happens by prolonged observation

Question 2

Things taken for granted

Answer 2

elements of an interviewee’s world may be overlooked unless you are experiencing it

Question 3

Deviant and hidden activities

Answer 3

ethnographers are better positioned to infiltrate the social world

Question 4

Sensitivity to context and flexibility

Answer 4

interacting in different situations allows for the researcher to connect behaviour with context

Question 5

Naturalistic emphasis

Answer 5

researcher confronts the members of a social setting in a natural setting

Question 6

Seeing through others eyes

Answer 6

in close contact with people for a long period of time, participating in their cultural activities