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Ethnography Essentials
A step-by-step, hands-on guide to the theory and practice of ethnography research In the newly revised second edition of Ethnography Essentials: Designing, Conducting, and Presenting Your Research, author Julian M. Murchison delivers a comprehensive, hands-on guide to ethnographic research. The book walks you through the process from start to finish, from choosing a topic to selecting a research design, conducting data collection, analysis, and paper writing. Murchison explains the principles and methods of the discipline, focusing on written ethnography while also including other methods of presentation, like ethnographic film. He describes the history and purpose of ethnography and the nuts and bolts of conducting a valuable ethnographic study. Inside the book: * Specific, step-by-step advice on compiling your data, incorporating relevant literature, figures, and photos, and responding to critiques * Techniques for collecting, sorting, and managing large amounts of data * Interviewing strategies for ethnographic researchers that explain how to balance participation and observation Perfect for practicing ethnographers, Ethnography Essentials is also a must read for students in the field and anyone new to ethnography research. [256 Pages, Softcover]
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History of Techniques
Over the past thirty years, the history of technology has been so extensively renewed that many once-canonical narratives have been invalidated. This collective work takes account of several of these major recompositions: ancient periods were never eras of technical stagnation; techniques are not "diffused", but interpenetrate and reinvent themselves as they travel; invention is not an individual epiphany, but a gradual and often collective process; far from neutral, the material is endowed with its own agentivity; the notions of capitalism, gender and the environment are fertile contributions to the history of techniques, and have served to invalidate many naiveties. These recent works have put an end to the discontinuous vision of a history made up of straightforward technical ruptures, in favor of more complex descriptions that provide a better grasp of the real dynamics of today's world. [272 Pages, Hardcover]
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