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second edition Doing Cultural Anthropology …. second edition Doing Cultural Anthropology projects for ethnographic data collection Michael V. Angrosino University of South Florida WAVELAND PRESS, INC. Long Grove, Illinois For information about this book, contact: Waveland Press, Inc. 4180 IL Route 83, Suite 101 Long Grove, IL 60047-9580 (847) 634-0081 [email protected] www.waveland.com Copyright © 2007, 2002 by Waveland Press, Inc. 10-digit ISBN 1-57766-464-7 13-digit ISBN 978-1-57766-464-2 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys- tem, or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 This book is dedicated to the memory of Julia G. Crane— inspiring teacher, generous mentor, and good friend …. Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Michael V. Angrosino 1 Becoming a Participant Observer 9 Gerry Tierney 2 Exploring Genealogy 19 Constance P. deRoche 3 Conducting a Life History Interview 33 Michael V. Angrosino 4 Analyzing Narrative Data 45 Nancy Redfern-Vance 5 Reconstructing a Community through Archival Research 63 Cheryl Rodriguez & Yvette Baber vii viii Contents 6 Using a Museum as a Resource for Ethnographic Research 71 Serena Nanda 7 Observing a Workplace 83 Kathryn Borman, Ellen Puccia, Amy Fox McNulty, & Bill Goddard 8 Carrying Out a Structured Observation 91 Laurie J. Price 9 Designing a Questionnaire for Cross-Cultural Research 99 Roberta D. Baer & Susan C. Weller 10 Working with Numerical Data 109 Martha W. Rees 11 Planning and Moderating Focus Group Research 115 Carol Bryant 12 Applying Visual Methods in Ethnographic Research 129 S. Elizabeth Bird 13 Constructing a Virtual Ethnography 139 S. Elizabeth Bird & Jessica Barber 14 Developing an Electronic Ethnography 149 Alvin W. Wolfe & Guy Hagen 15 Composing Autoethnographic Stories 161 Leigh Berger & Carolyn Ellis 16 Participating in an Ethnographic Field School 177 Tim Wallace Contributors 187 Acknowledgments I am deeply grateful to Thomas Curtin, the Anthropology Editor of Waveland Press, who has been a faithful supporter of Field Projects in Anthro- pology for many years, and whose insightful comments about a possible new edition of that handbook led directly to this new endeavor. All the contributors to this volume deserve special thanks for respond- ing to my call for chapters in a timely and efficient manner, and for producing such readable and useful essays. I also thank my students at the University of South Florida whose experiences and expressed needs in doing ethnographic research have shaped my approach to the material. I acknowledge the clerical and editorial assistance of Petra LeClair. Most of all, however, I acknowledge my great debt to Julia Crane, my teacher, mentor, colleague, and friend of more than three decades. Although she was unable to participate directly in the preparation of this book, her approach to the learning of ethnography, her knowledge of and unflagging enthusiasm for field research, and her affection and respect for students shaped my outlook. In a very real sense, this book is her production as much as it is mine and the contributors’. ix
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