Ethnographic Research Methods Pt 1: Ethnographic Methods

In this video, you’ll get a behind the scenes look at my personal experience doing ethnographic research in Indonesia over the past 30 years. You’ll also explore the work of other anthropologists. Part 1 will give a brief history of “Ethnographic Methods” and illustrate anthropology as it’s done in the field today. “Part 2: Ethnographic Relationships and Presentation” will address the fundamentally social nature of fieldwork and introduce innovative ways of presenting research. Together, the videos will give you a foundational understanding of what ethnography entails.

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Resources:

A History of Anthropological Theory by Paul A. Erickson and Liam D. Murphy

Participant Observation: A Guide for Fieldworkers by Kathleen Musante

A Different Kind of Ethnography: Imaginative Practices and Creative Methodologies, Edited by Denielle Elliot and Dara Culhane. 

Films:

Doing Anthropology by MIT

An Anthropologists Fieldnotes by ProfTeak

A Year in the Field by George Gmelch, Dennis Lanson