Writing ethnographic fieldnotes /
Emerson, Robert M.
Writing ethnographic fieldnotes / Robert M Emerson; Rachel I Fretz; Linda L Shaw. - 2nd ed. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2011. - xxiii, 289 p.; 22 cm. - Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. .
Fieldnotes in ethnographic research --
In the field : participating, observing, and jotting notes --
Writing fieldnotes. 1, At the desk, creating scenes on a page --
Writing fieldnotes. 2, Multiple purposes and stylistic options --
Pursuing members' meanings --
Processing fieldnotes : coding and memoing --
Writing an ethnography.
Presents a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings. This title discusses different organizational and descriptive strategies and shows how transforming direct observations into descriptions results not simply from good memory but from learning to envision scenes as written.
9780226206837
Ethnology --Authorship.
Ethnology --Fieldwork.
Ethnology--Research.
GN307.7 / .W75 2011
Writing ethnographic fieldnotes / Robert M Emerson; Rachel I Fretz; Linda L Shaw. - 2nd ed. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2011. - xxiii, 289 p.; 22 cm. - Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. .
Fieldnotes in ethnographic research --
In the field : participating, observing, and jotting notes --
Writing fieldnotes. 1, At the desk, creating scenes on a page --
Writing fieldnotes. 2, Multiple purposes and stylistic options --
Pursuing members' meanings --
Processing fieldnotes : coding and memoing --
Writing an ethnography.
Presents a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings. This title discusses different organizational and descriptive strategies and shows how transforming direct observations into descriptions results not simply from good memory but from learning to envision scenes as written.
9780226206837
Ethnology --Authorship.
Ethnology --Fieldwork.
Ethnology--Research.
GN307.7 / .W75 2011