CRIM 2653 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ethnography, Endangerment, Natural Environment
24 Jul 2020
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Research methods 3: field research, natural environment, not experimental setting, data collection instrument, pressure on researcher, ethnography more specific, includes interview of specific people in that social group. Though it can miss parts of the information. Ethnography: ethnography, naturalistic setting, data collection techniques, field research as process. Historical roots: herodotus, early accounts by explorer & missionaries they went to explore the new world, ethnocentrism seeing the world through your own understanding, opposing your. Informative but biased biased, racist, views them as barbaric expectations on other people, but not viewing it from their pov: evolution of ethnography. John howard (1726-1790: domestic ethnographies studies in own country, howard on prisons found that they were very low standard and lack cleanliness. He wanted to spend an intended amount of time to find out. Immersion in world social to learn and experience that social worlds like participants. Insider/outsider perspective it takes time, they might not trust you so there is always tension.
