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Ethnography:

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  • Research strategy to study societies with greater cultural uniformity and less social differentiation.
  • A really serious immersion in a particular community to analyze their behavior without affecting it by being there.
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Fieldwork:

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  • Main tool to really get to know the community chosen
  • Research method based on DIRECT PERSONAL OBSERVATION in the natural environment
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Who was Bronislaw Malinowski?

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  • The Father of Ethnography
  • He wrote a diary of his experiences and knowledge of his fieldwork
  • Published after he died
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Monograph:

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Purpose: gather all the info together
It’s very complete having all aspects
Sources: stories, legends, personal or indirect obs

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Diachronic and Synchronic:

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Dia: Previous Time
Syn: Present Time

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7 steps for making a Monograph:

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  1. Selection of topic
  2. Structure
  3. Search info
  4. Debug errors
  5. Reorganize structure
  6. Draft
  7. Revision
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First Ethnographies:

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  • Extensive descriptions made during the colonial period
  • About America’s residents, travelers and migrants.
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Most Famous Ethnography/er:

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Marco Polo - Asian Continent

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Plato ______ Research

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Plato QUANTITATIVE Research
- Abstract and systematic
- Mathematical Relations

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Characteristics of Quantitative:

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-IDEAL
-Measured with math
-Universal Laws (deductive method)
- VERTICAL COMMUNICATION
-EXTERNAL VALIDITY

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Aristotle ________ Research

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Aristotle QUALITATIVE Research
- direct way
- totality of aspects
- respecting particular dynamics

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Characteristics of Qualitative:

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-MATERIAL
-Deep knowledge of HUMAN BEHAVIOR
-Historical Perspective (inductive method)
-HORIZONTAL COMMUNICATION
-INTERNAL VALIDITY

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Who established the Historical Perspective?

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Wilhelm Dilthey

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Researchers NEED…

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Creativity

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Definition of Method:

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Ways to approach the object of study

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Definition of Techniques:

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Ways to gather info

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Method: Study of the case

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Present an integral portrait through the study of something

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Method: Oral History

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-Interviews, taping and transcripts
-Analyzed to make a final report

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Method: Participative Action Investigation

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-Include the people being investigated
-Them going from being object of study to participants

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Method: Qualitative Evaluation

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-Gathers previous methods
-Deeper description from a policy or social program

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Technique: Life Story

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Interview someone about all his life

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Technique: Testimony

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Expression of the minority groups

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Technique: Semi-structured Interview

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Interview guide with a script, in order to make a conversation

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Technique: Focus Group

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6-12 people with a moderator

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Technique: Participation Observation
Most used method Write down EVERY THING in the natural way it happens
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Technique: Field Diary
Notes taken during the day about the field work done
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Technique: Documents
Every paper of information useful
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Technique: Pictures and Videos
Graphic evidence and proves
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Ethno Research - Definition
Incorporating the functional interrelationship between SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS and the relationship of these with the BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
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Ethno Research: 7 steps
1. Marking the field (WHERE) 2. Subject field (WHAT) 3. Preparation & Documentation (Info for limiting more specifically the topic and for complement and update the info) 4. Design ( Structure: questions, methods, justifications and techniques to use) 5. Field Investigation (FIELDWORK) 6. Gather all the info (researcher's charisma for gaining trust) 7. Conclusion
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Ethno Techniques: 9
1. Direct Observation 2. Participant Observation 3. Conversation 4. Genealogical Method 5. Key Informants 6. Life Stories 7. Investigation of problems 8. Longitudinal Investigation 9. Team Investigation
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Field Diary:
Detail record of the experienced in the day
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Rapport:
Communication process where you find things in common with other people
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Oriented to Problems Investigation:
Investigate particular issues Take into consideration the unspoken factors
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Longitudinal:
Research based on a long-term study. Analyze changes from the different visits/phases. Done as a team.
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Emic:
A strategy based on the primary interest in the DISCOVERING of the local perspectives and what surrounds it
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Key informants:
The person chose to do the field work and give relevant info
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Ethic:
-Interpretation of the cultures seen from the pov of the OBSERVER to emphasize -Bring out the meaning of the observed -Objective and comprehensive pov