Ethnography

Question 1

an ethnography is writing about a ‘w__ of life’

Answer 1

way

Question 2

the aim of an ethnography is to get a ? picture of a group’s way of ?

Answer 2

Valid

Life

Question 3

In an ethnography, the researcher studies the group first ___ by living amongst them and

r__ on a day to day basis.

Answer 3

Hand

Recording

Question 4

An ethnography is essentially what type of observation ?

Answer 4

participant observation

Question 5

Ethnographies are favoured by which type of sociologists?

Answer 5

Interpretivists

Question 6

One example of a ethnographic study is ‘Street Corner Society’ by ?

Answer 6

Whyte

Question 7

Whyte spent time with poor, inner ___ males who were in a ?

Answer 7

City

Gang

Question 8

Whyte was a lot ___ than the boys he was studying, so made the gang aware he was ‘writing a __’

Answer 8

Older

book

Question 9

Whyte gained access through the gang’s gate keeper, whose name was?

Answer 9

Doc

Question 10

Doc became a ___ to the research, showing that ?

Answer 10

Collaborator

Rapport was established

Question 11

Whyte even learned which language fluently to fit into the group?

Answer 11

Italian

Question 12

Another example of an ethnographic study is Griffin’s ________

Answer 12

black like me

Question 13

Griffin studied r__ in which time period?

Answer 13

Racism

1950s

Question 14

What area was Griffin studying racism in?

Answer 14

Southern USA

Question 15

Griffin’s research consisted of him doing what controversial act?

Answer 15

Dyeing his skin black

Question 16

Because an ‘Ethnography’ is basically a participant observation, what {PRACTICAL} strength would it have?

Answer 16

being able to study groups on the edge of society

Question 17

An {ETHICAL} benefit of ‘Ethnographies’ is that the researcher can delve into which type of topics/ideas?

Answer 17

sensitive & unusual topics that would’ve been diffciult to uncover using more qualitative style methods

Question 18

As ‘Ethnographic Studies’ look at groups first hand, what {THEORETICAL} strength are they likely to achieve?

Answer 18

verstehen

Question 19

What process can make an ‘Ethnography’ {PRACTICALLY} limited?

Answer 19

getting in, staying in & getting out

Question 20

{PRACTICAL LIMITATION} :

Because the researcher is amongst the group they are studying, why can it be hard to get out of that situation?

Answer 20

1. ) relationships are developed
2. ) arising suspicion
3. ) researcher might’ve gotten so involved they’ve lost the focus of their research

Question 21

Especially if covert, what {ETHICAL} drawback can ‘Ethnograpies’ face?

Answer 21

deception

Question 22

{ETHICAL DRAWBACK} :

In an ‘Ethnography’ , how is the researcher potenitally deceiving the participants?

Answer 22

they’re lying to the group by living as if they’re one of them

Question 23

A {THEORETICAL} limitation of an ‘Ethnography’ is that it tends to lack which “R” ?

Answer 23

representativeness

Question 24

{THEORETICAL LIMITATION} :

Why do ‘Ethnographies’ tend to lack representativeness?

Answer 24

they’re time consuming, so it’d be difficult to gather a large enough sample