Stranger and stranger: creating theory through ethnographic distance and authority
Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 188 - 203
Published: Aug 12, 2014
Abstract
Purpose – Classical ethnographic research begins with the recognition that the observer starts as a stranger to the group being studied, a recognition as evident in the analysis of formal organizations as of gangs or tribes. From this position of difference the researcher must learn the themes and dynamics of a setting of otherness. The researcher begins as an outsider, a stance that creates initial challenges, yet permits the transmittal of...
Paper Details
Title
Stranger and stranger: creating theory through ethnographic distance and authority
Published Date
Aug 12, 2014
Volume
3
Issue
2
Pages
188 - 203
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