Chapter 19: Observation and Ethnography

Flick, U., Hans, B., Hirseland, A., Rasche, S., & Röhnsch, G. (2017). Migration, unemployment, and lifeworld: Challenges for a new critical qualitative inquiry in migration.

This article describes a specific example of an ethnography using interviews and go-alongs for understanding the participants’ life situations.

Flick, U., Hans, B., Hirseland, A., Rasche, S., & Röhnsch, G. (2017). Migration, unemployment, and lifeworld: Challenges for a new critical qualitative inquiry in migration. Qualitative Inquiry, 23(1), 77–88.

Adjepong, A. (2019). Invading ethnography: A queer of color reflexive practice.

The following articles illustrate examples of doing ethnography in decolonising qualitative research.

Adjepong, A. (2019). Invading ethnography: A queer of color reflexive practice. Ethnography, 20(1), 27–46. https://doi.org/10.1177/1466138117741502

Sherry, K., Dabula, X., Duncan, E. M., & Reid, S. (2020). Decolonizing qualitative research with rural people with disabilities: Lessons from a cross-cultural health systems study.

The following articles illustrate examples of doing ethnography in decolonising qualitative research.

Sherry, K., Dabula, X., Duncan, E. M., & Reid, S. (2020). Decolonizing qualitative research with rural people with disabilities: Lessons from a cross-cultural health systems study. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406920932734