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The Ethnographer's Method
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In one of the latest volumes in the Qualitative Research Methods series, author Alex Stewart helps beginning ethnographers and their professors devise a clearly articulated explanation of their methods. He asserts that norms about discussing methods in ethnographies are underdeveloped and that this can be detrimental for ethnographers seeking funding, or positive reviews in non-ethnographic journals. This book considers what ought to be normative in methods discussions within ethnographyùfrom the research design to the end product. Clear, concise, and practical.
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“No studies were found to formally adhere to other wellknown quality frameworks (e.g., Richardson, 2000; Spencer et al., 2003; Stewart, 1998; Tracy, 2010), suggesting a failure of such models to permeate the language education literature for reasons beyond the scope of the present study.”
From How do language education researchers attend to quality in qualitative studies? (2025) · cites this paper as Stewart, 1998
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stewart, A.
- Corresponding author
- Stewart, Alex
- ORCID
- Stewart, Alex
- Venue
- Sage eBooks
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc.
- Published
- 1998
- OpenAlex
- W597142728
- Cited by
- 338
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 36 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 30
- FWCI
- 6.50
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sage eBooks (publishedVersion)
- e-Publications@Marquette (Marquette University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Keywords
- ethnographic methods, research design, methodological norms, ethnography, qualitative research reporting, research funding, peer review
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