Controversy over the sociologist Alice Goffman’s On the Run, a study of young people on the margins of society, has put ethnography on trial. Lost in the accusations and rebuttals, I fear, is the ...

Many a company has a "customer first" approach, and improvement methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma start with the "voice of the customer" (VOC). So what is the point in trying to solve ...

Ethnographic research, which involves extensive observation and interviews, provides detailed information on individuals and households not available through other methods. Unlike typical surveys, ...

In the early 20th century, the University of Chicago was known as the epicenter of ethnography, a method of study in which researchers immerse themselves in a social setting to observe its inner ...

Ethnographic research, such as observing the setup of a catheter, often leads toideation. But it can also lead to significant device design. In 2001, William Reese and I wrote an article about the use ...

Email instructor Prof. Alison Cool (Anthro) [email protected] to register for this non-credit workshop and be added to the email list. The course will explore how and why social scientists use ...

This paper suggests a series of guidelines for the conduct of ethnographic evaluations of human service programs. An attempt is made here to synthesize previous research in this area in order to ...

Introducing Ethnography Met: Your Go-To Online Repository Learnweb for Ethnographic Methods! We are thrilled to announce the launch of Ethnography Met, a comprehensive online repository designed ...

In the wake of neoliberalism, where human rights and social justice have increasingly been subordinated to proliferating "consumer choices" and ideals of market justice, this article suggests that ...