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Mapping Social Relations

A Primer in Doing Institutional Ethnography

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Mapping Social Relations

A Primer in Doing Institutional Ethnography

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This is a book about a distinctive methodological approach inspired by one of CanadaOs most respected scholars, Dorothy Smith. Institutional ethnography aims to answer questions about how everyday life is organized. What is conventionally understood as Othe relationship of micro to macro processesO is, in institutional ethnography, conceptualized and explored in terms of ruling relations.The authors suggest that institutional ethnographers must adopt a particular research stance, one that recognizes that peopleOs own knowledge and ways of knowing are crucial elements of social action and thus of social analysis. Specific attention to text analysis is integral to the approach as is a sensitive to gender relations. Institutional ethnography is remarkably well suited to the human service curriculum and the training of professionals and activists. Its strategy for learning how to understand problems existing in everyday life appeals to many researchers who are looking for guidance on how to take practical action. At the same time, the highly elaborated theoretical foundation of institutional ethnography is difficult to deal with in the brief time most students are in the classroom. The authors successfully tackle the issue of teaching and applying institutional ethnography. Campbell and Gregor have been testing out instructional methods and materials for many years. MAPPING SOCIAL RELATIONS is the product of that effort.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Finding a Place to Begin
Chapter 3 Theory "in" Everyday Life
Chapter 4 Beginning an Institutional Ethnography
Chapter 5 Collecting Data for an Institutional Ethnography
Chapter 6 Analyzing Data in Institutional Ethnography
Chapter 7 Putting Institutional Ethnography into Practice

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Published Sep 07 2004
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 160
ISBN 9780759107526
Imprint AltaMira Press
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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