ethnographic
Describing peoples scientifically
Ethnographic describes research or work based on direct observation of people in their cultural context.
Anthropologists conduct ethnographic fieldwork, living among communities to document their practices and beliefs.
The term extends to any detailed study of how groups actually behave: an ethnographic study of hospital emergency rooms, ethnographic research on online gaming communities.
State of being related
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
cosmology · artifact · holism · cross-cultural · folklore · lifeways · symbolic · ceremonial
Research conducted on location
- informantOne who provides intelligence
- interviewingFormal questioning session
- immersionState of being submerged
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
observational · reflexivity · narrative · longitudinal · contextual · interpretive · descriptive · systematic
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- cosmopolitanismBelief in shared humanity
intercultural · folkways · mores · subcultures · diaspora · vernacular · regional · local
Stored historical records
- transcriptsWritten versions of speech
- recordingsStored audio or video
- photographsLight-captured images
- journalsPeriodicals or personal logs
chronicles · collections · oral-history · monograph · film · video · audio · manuscripts
kinship
State of being related
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
mythology · cosmology · artifact · holism · cross-cultural · folklore · lifeways · symbolic · ceremonial · indigenous
fieldwork
Research conducted on location
- informantOne who provides intelligence
- interviewingFormal questioning session
- immersionState of being submerged
qualitative · observational · reflexivity · narrative · longitudinal · contextual · interpretive · descriptive · systematic · empirical
multiculturalism
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
cosmopolitanism · intercultural · folkways · mores · subcultures · diaspora · vernacular · regional · local · community-based
archive
Stored historical records
- transcriptsWritten versions of speech
- recordingsStored audio or video
- photographsLight-captured images
journals · chronicles · collections · oral-history · monograph · film · video · audio · manuscripts · maps
- documentary typesdocumentaries, cinema verite, observational, fly on the wall, expository
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- qualitativequalitative, descriptive, interpretive, subjective, observational
- social adjectivessocial, societal, cultural, collective, communal
ethnographicquantitative
Concerning measurable amounts
statistical · experimental · psychometric · econometric · computational