CS235 Lecture Notes - Ethnography, Maasai Mara
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The practice of spending a lengthy period of time living in the field; becoming familiar with a culture, group; write a story about the people. Example: sarah thorton"s work on club cultures (attitudes and idea of the youthful insiders whose social lives revolve around clubs and raves) To get a better understanding of the workings of a particular group. There is the essence of the real and the authentic. It gives a voice to groups that may not have had one previously. describing what people do in their particular contexts then we are getting closer to the truth than by analyzing texts. External (to the group) or internal (participant) What people say think about sarah participating in raves. What the researcher sees watching a tribal community in the masai mara. Identity of research: overt (open) and covert (cover)
