Thinking Ethnographically
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Written by a leading authority, Thinking Ethnographically discusses a wide range of analytic ideas that can and should inform ethnographic analysis. In introducing the notion of "granular ethnography" it argues for an approach to qualitative research that is sensitive to the complexities of everyday social life.
A much-needed antidote to superficial research and analysis, the text deals not merely with the practical methods of fieldwork, but with the far more ambitious enterprise of turning ethnographic data into productive ideas and concepts. Author Paul Atkinson enables us not merely to do ethnography, but truly to think ethnographically. His book will prove invaluable to students and researchers across the social sciences.
A much-needed antidote to superficial research and analysis, the text deals not merely with the practical methods of fieldwork, but with the far more ambitious enterprise of turning ethnographic data into productive ideas and concepts. Author Paul Atkinson enables us not merely to do ethnography, but truly to think ethnographically. His book will prove invaluable to students and researchers across the social sciences.
Contents
Introduction: Granular ethnography
Introduction: Granular ethnography
Defining social reality
Defining social reality
Encounters
Encounters
Language and performance
Language and performance
Identities
Identities
Knowledge and reason
Knowledge and reason
Senses, places and things
Senses, places and things
Time and Memory
Time and Memory
Additional materials
Description
Written by a leading authority, Thinking Ethnographically discusses a wide range of analytic ideas that can and should inform ethnographic analysis. In introducing the notion of "granular ethnography" it argues for an approach to qualitative research that is sensitive to the complexities of everyday social life.
A much-needed antidote to superficial research and analysis, the text deals not merely with the practical methods of fieldwork, but with the far more ambitious enterprise of turning ethnographic data into productive ideas and concepts. Author Paul Atkinson enables us not merely to do ethnography, but truly to think ethnographically. His book will prove invaluable to students and researchers across the social sciences.
A much-needed antidote to superficial research and analysis, the text deals not merely with the practical methods of fieldwork, but with the far more ambitious enterprise of turning ethnographic data into productive ideas and concepts. Author Paul Atkinson enables us not merely to do ethnography, but truly to think ethnographically. His book will prove invaluable to students and researchers across the social sciences.
Contents
Introduction: Granular ethnography
Introduction: Granular ethnography
Defining social reality
Defining social reality
Encounters
Encounters
Language and performance
Language and performance
Identities
Identities
Knowledge and reason
Knowledge and reason
Senses, places and things
Senses, places and things
Time and Memory
Time and Memory
Additional materials
Reviews
May 2017 | 216 pages | Sage UK
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 31/03/2026 | 9780857025890 | $173.00 |
| Paperback | 31/03/2026 | 9780857025906 | $92.00 |
Written by a leading authority, Thinking Ethnographically discusses a wide range of analytic ideas that can and should inform ethnographic analysis. In introducing the notion of "granular ethnography" it argues for an approach to qualitative research that is sensitive to the complexities of everyday social life.
A much-needed antidote to superficial research and analysis, the text deals not merely with the practical methods of fieldwork, but with the far more ambitious enterprise of turning ethnographic data into productive ideas and concepts. Author Paul Atkinson enables us not merely to do ethnography, but truly to think ethnographically. His book will prove invaluable to students and researchers across the social sciences.
A much-needed antidote to superficial research and analysis, the text deals not merely with the practical methods of fieldwork, but with the far more ambitious enterprise of turning ethnographic data into productive ideas and concepts. Author Paul Atkinson enables us not merely to do ethnography, but truly to think ethnographically. His book will prove invaluable to students and researchers across the social sciences.
Table Of Contents:
- Introduction: Granular ethnography
- Defining social reality
- Encounters
- Language and performance
- Identities
- Knowledge and reason
- Senses, places and things
- Time and Memory
Recent Product Reviews:
This brilliant new book by Paul Atkinson offers scholars and students alike foundational insights on how to conduct ethnography based on granular analysis, that is work that traces the grain of everyday life. This book has a commanding grasp of the many traditions that define contemporary ethnographic inquiry. It will define ethnographic inquiry for the next decade. For this we are in Atkinson's debt.
Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois
‘A deceptively simple tour de force by a master of ethnography. An essential text for all students and teachers of the method’s theory and practice.’
Tia De Nora, University of Exeter
A masterclass by a master ethnographer on how to make sense of qualitative data.
Stefan Timmermans, UCLA
A vital contribution. And all the more timely, given the continuing explosion of qualitative and ethnographic research.
Sam Hillyard, Durham University