Seeing differently: ethnography and explanatory power

This paper is organised into five sections. The first outlines the historical background and the epistemological foundation of ethnography in which appearance is equated with truth. The second outlines the relationship between theory and ethnography. The third explores the importance of understandin...

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Published in:Australian educational researcher 1999-04, Vol.26 (1), p.33-53
Main Author: Skeggs, Beverley
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ethics
Ethnography
Representation
Research methodology
Theories
Time perspective
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Summary:This paper is organised into five sections. The first outlines the historical background and the epistemological foundation of ethnography in which appearance is equated with truth. The second outlines the relationship between theory and ethnography. The third explores the importance of understanding temporality, and the fourth discusses issues of representation and ethics and the fifth draws a contrast between ethnography and the new project.
ISSN:0311-6999
2210-5328
DOI:10.1007/BF03219687