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Shane, the Lone Ethnographer

A Beginner's Guide to Ethnography

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Shane, the Lone Ethnographer

A Beginner's Guide to Ethnography

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Shane is at it again! Follow our intrepid heroine as she learns what makes ethnography tick against the backdrop of the Great American West complete with cowboy hats, cattle stampedes, and cacti.

Shane, The Lone Ethnographer is an entertaining, step-by-step introduction to ethnographic research. Join graduate student Shane as she embarks on her first research project and learns the definition of ethnography, how to come up with her research question, and how to design her study. Along the way, Shane is joined by a talking armadillo, ghosts of ethnographers past, and her good friend Sanjay, who take turns teaching her different theoretical frameworks, how to conduct ethical research, and how to write ethnographically.

This is the perfect – and only – comic book introduction for the novice researcher.

New to This Edition:
- New introduction explores the value of qualitative research and what it looks like today
- New coverage of arts-based ethnography, ethnography of childhood, visual ethnography, climate ethnography, and digital ethnography introduces students to the latest trends in qualitative research
- Expanded Chapter 4, “Wanted: Theoretical Framework, Dead or Alive,” offers additional coverage of theory and its applications
- Updated Chapter 5, “IRB: From the People Who Brought You the IRS” pays special attention to vulnerable populations

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Alone on the Range: A Fistful of Reserve Reading
2. Showdown at the Paradigm Corral
3. The Beginner: Where Do I Even Start?
4. Wanted: Theoretical Framework, Dead or Alive
5. IRB: From the People Who Brought You the IRS
6. Ethnographic Data and Methods
7. Taming Datasaurus Rex
8. Writing
Final Thoughts
References and Further Reading

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 07 Jan 2027
Format Hardback
Edition 3rd
Pages 160
ISBN 9798216276807
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations Fully illustrated
Dimensions 280 x 215 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Sally Campbell Pirie

Dr. Sally Pirie (she/her/hers) is an anthropologis…

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Sally Campbell Pirie

Dr. Sally Pirie (she/her/hers) is an anthropologis…

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Sally Campbell Pirie

Dr. Sally Pirie (she/her/hers) is an anthropologis…

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Sally Campbell Pirie

Dr. Sally Pirie (she/her/hers) is an anthropologis…

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