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THINKING ETHNOGRAPHICALLY
Paul Atkinson, Cardiff University, U.K.
CONTENTS Introduction: Granular ethnography / Defi ning Social Reality / Encounters / Language and Performance / Identities / Knowledge and
Reason / Senses, places and things / Time and Memory
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-0-8570-2590-6 • ©2018 • 216 PAGES •
AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: Process, Product, and Possibility for Critical Social Research
Sherick A. Hughes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Julie L. Pennington, University of Nevada
at Reno
Packed with pre-writing activities, sample autoethnographic questions, and exemplary autoethnographic studies, this
introduction to the methodological tools and concepts of autoethnography shows readers how autoethnographers
go about collecting, analyzing, and reporting data. Throughout the book, the authors guide social science students,
teachers, teacher educators, and educational researchers toward a critical and refl exive way of writing or representing
(graphy) inherent personal complications and possibilities (auto) in relation to larger cultural contexts (ethno).
CONTENTS PART I. HISTORIES & APPLICATIONS OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY AS A PRODUCT / 1. Autoethnography: Introduction and Overview / 2.
Mining and Priming Critical Social Theory for Autoethnography / PART II. DOING AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: FROM BRAINSTORMING TO GUIDING PROCESS
/ 3. First Guiding Process: Problematizing What You Know for New-Self Insight / 4. Second Guiding Process: Legitimizing Your New-Self Insight /
5. Third Guiding Process: Synthesizing New-Self Insights with MICA / PART III. THE FUTURE OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: A PRISM OF POSSIBILITY / 6.
The Possibility of Autoethnography as Critically Refl exive Action Research (CRAR) / 7. Anticipating the Future of Autoethnography as Critical Social
Research / Appendixes: Sample Autoethnography Assignment, Syllabus and Student Work
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4833-0676-6 • ©2017 • 272 PAGES •
INTERPRETIVE AUTOETHNOGRAPHY SECOND EDITION
Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"It is time to chart a new course," writes Norman K. Denzin in Interpretive Autoethnography, Second Edition. "I want
to turn the traditional life story, biographical project into an interpretive autoethnographic project, into a critical,
performative practice, a practice that begins with the biography of the writer and moves outward to culture, discourse,
history, and ideology."
CONTENTS 1. Assumptions of the Method / 2. A Clarifi cation of Terms / 3. Interpretive Guidelines / 4. Selves, Stories, Experiences / 5. Evaluating
Performance Autoethnography / 6. In Conclusion: Performing Lives
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4522-9981-5 • ©2014 • 160 PAGES •
Focus Groups
BASIC AND ADVANCED FOCUS GROUPS
David Morgan, Portland State University
Basic and Advanced Focus Groups illustrates both the different types of focus groups and how to decide among those
options in order to produce the most effective focus groups possible. A variety of approaches to doing research with
focus groups gives readers the tools to develop and examine their research designs, starting with the basics. By taking
a practical, applied approach, the author gives even novice students the knowledge and confi dence to design and
conduct effective focus group research, while simultaneously providing more advanced researchers with the tools and
knowledge to refi ne their current practices.
CONTENTS PART I. BASIC ISSUES / 1. Introducing Focus Groups / 2. Uses for Focus Groups / 3. The Importance of Interaction / PART II.
DESIGNING FOCUS GROUPS / 4. Research Designs for Focus Groups / 5. Group Composition, Group Size, and Number of Groups / 6. Asking
Questions in Focus Groups / 7. Moderating the Discussion / 8. Analyzing Focus Groups / PART III. ADVANCED TOPICS AND CONCLUSIONS / 9.
Working Cross-Culturally / 10. Specialized Age Groups / 11. Online Focus Groups / 12. Conclusions: Future Directions for Focus Groups
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5063-2711-2 • ©2019 • 216 PAGES •
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