Ethnography Flashcards
an ethnography is writing about a ‘w__ of life’
way
the aim of an ethnography is to get a ? picture of a group’s way of ?
Valid
Life
In an ethnography, the researcher studies the group first ___ by living amongst them and
r__ on a day to day basis.
Hand
Recording
An ethnography is essentially what type of observation ?
participant observation
Ethnographies are favoured by which type of sociologists?
Interpretivists
One example of a ethnographic study is ‘Street Corner Society’ by ?
Whyte
Whyte spent time with poor, inner ___ males who were in a ?
City
Gang
Whyte was a lot ___ than the boys he was studying, so made the gang aware he was ‘writing a __’
Older
book
Whyte gained access through the gang’s gate keeper, whose name was?
Doc
Doc became a ___ to the research, showing that ?
Collaborator
Rapport was established
Whyte even learned which language fluently to fit into the group?
Italian
Another example of an ethnographic study is Griffin’s ________
black like me
Griffin studied r__ in which time period?
Racism
1950s
What area was Griffin studying racism in?
Southern USA
Griffin’s research consisted of him doing what controversial act?
Dyeing his skin black
Because an ‘Ethnography’ is basically a participant observation, what {PRACTICAL} strength would it have?
being able to study groups on the edge of society
An {ETHICAL} benefit of ‘Ethnographies’ is that the researcher can delve into which type of topics/ideas?
sensitive & unusual topics that would’ve been diffciult to uncover using more qualitative style methods
As ‘Ethnographic Studies’ look at groups first hand, what {THEORETICAL} strength are they likely to achieve?
verstehen
What process can make an ‘Ethnography’ {PRACTICALLY} limited?
getting in, staying in & getting out
{PRACTICAL LIMITATION} :
Because the researcher is amongst the group they are studying, why can it be hard to get out of that situation?
- ) relationships are developed
- ) arising suspicion
- ) researcher might’ve gotten so involved they’ve lost the focus of their research
Especially if covert, what {ETHICAL} drawback can ‘Ethnograpies’ face?
deception
{ETHICAL DRAWBACK} :
In an ‘Ethnography’ , how is the researcher potenitally deceiving the participants?
they’re lying to the group by living as if they’re one of them
A {THEORETICAL} limitation of an ‘Ethnography’ is that it tends to lack which “R” ?
representativeness
{THEORETICAL LIMITATION} :
Why do ‘Ethnographies’ tend to lack representativeness?
they’re time consuming, so it’d be difficult to gather a large enough sample
