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PLANNING AN ETHNOGRAPHY. Locate a field of study. Address ethical issues. Decide sampling (where relevant) Find a role and manage entry into the context. Find informants: reliability; Importance in giving accounts; Knowledge/knowledgeability; Status; Contacts – gatekeepers;
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PLANNING AN ETHNOGRAPHY • Locate a field of study. • Address ethical issues. • Decide sampling (where relevant) • Find a role and manage entry into the context. • Find informants: • reliability; • Importance in giving accounts; • Knowledge/knowledgeability; • Status; • Contacts – gatekeepers; • Representativeness; • Centrality; • Relationships to others.
PLANNING AN ETHNOGRAPHY • Develop and maintain relationships in the field: trust; confidence; rapport; discretion; sensitivity; empathy; • Collect data in situ and in several contexts (field notes and triangulation); • Collect other data (where relevant); • Analyze data; • Leave the field; decide when, how, how to close relationships. • Write the final report.