Chapter 9: Ethnography

For an introduction to ethnography using the example of research on libraries, visit:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEbIyo1xpmw

For an example of an ethnography aimed at understanding how people manage their atten­tion in their daily lives, and how smartphone notifications play a role in that process, go to:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhebyS5OXw4

Eamonn Carrabine’s (2014) article ‘Seeing things’ explores the relationships between photog­raphy and criminology as they have evolved over time to enable a richer understanding of how the modern criminal subject is constructed and how archival practices have a significant bearing on how meanings are organised:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362480613508425

For a brief assessment of Hughes’s work by another master ethnographer, go to:

http://howardsbecker.com/articles/everett_c_hughes.html

To read Zickar and Carter’s (2010) paper, visit:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1094428109338070

The following article by Ruth Wallace et al. (2018) uses netnography to examine the Supporting Nutrition for Australian Childcare (SNAC) online community of practice, estab­lished to support healthy eating practices in early childhood education and care settings:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1609406918797796

To read van Doorn’s (2013) paper online, go to:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1068/d9311

For an interview with Robert Kozinets about netnography, go to:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=21etoaddZLs

You can find Marie Buscatto’s (2008) ethnography of insurance companies at:

www.qualitativesociologyreview.org/ENG/Volume11/QSR_4_3_Buscatto.pdf

CAQDAS software:

1. NVivo www.qsrinternational.com/what-is-qualitative-research.aspx

2. MAXQDA www.maxqda.com

3. ATLAS.ti www.atlasti.com