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The Art of Fieldwork

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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In this long-anticipated second edition of The Art of Fieldwork, prominent anthropologist Harry F. Wolcott updates his original groundbreaking text, which both challenges and petitions anthropology and its practitioners to draw not only on the traditional precepts of science, but also on the richness of artistry in the collection, interpretation, and expression of fieldwork data. Each of the original chapters have been thoughtfully revised to reflect the past nine years of anthropological development. Combined with a new final chapter, this refreshing text makes an exciting reentry into the ongoing debate of the processes, challenges, and rewards of fieldwork methodology. Researchers in qualitative methods and field methods--and fieldworkers across disciplines--will find this well-crafted, approachable book a thought-provoking read.

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0759107971

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Ethnography

A Way of Seeing

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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Ethnography

A Way of Seeing

By: Harry F. Wolcott

Harry Wolcott, one of anthropology's leading writers on ethnographic methods, here addresses the nature of the ethnographic enterprise itself. Tracing its development from its disciplinary origins in sociology and anthropology, he helps the reader understand what is distinctive about ethnography and what it means to conduct research in the ethnographic tradition. In this engaging, thought-provoking book, he distinguishes ethnography as more than just a set of field methods and practices, separating it from many related qualitative research traditions as a way of seeing through the lens of culture. For both beginning and experienced ethnographers in a wide range of disciplines, Wolcott's book will provide important ideas for improving research practice.

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0761990917

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The Man in the Principal's Office

An Ethnography

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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The Man in the Principal's Office

An Ethnography

By: Harry F. Wolcott

Harry Wolcott's ground-breaking anthropological study into the life of an elementary school principal is now reprinted in a new edition. One of the first studies of its kind, Wolcott uses an mircoenthnographic approach to analyze a single occupation within urban American society. Originally written in 1973, the text skillfully applies anthropological concepts and methodology to the realm of education. This new edition features an updated preface written by the author.

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0759105294

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Transforming Qualitative Data

Description, Analysis, and Interpretation

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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Transforming Qualitative Data

Description, Analysis, and Interpretation

By: Harry F. Wolcott

Publisher's description: After the glamour of working in the field is over, you now face the daunting challenge of transforming your field notes and interview tapes into a completed study. But where do you start? In Transforming Qualitative Data, Harry F. Wolcott guides you through the process of completing your research study. Beginning with an introductory chapter that presents his views on ethnography, he explores the transformation process by breaking it down into three related activities: description, analysis, and interpretation. To illustrate each point, he critically examines his own work, using nine of his previous studies as illustrations. Then he shows you how to learn--and to teach--qualitative research by applying the three principles outlined in the volume. Written with the usual wit and brilliance shown in Wolcott's work, Transforming Qualitative Data is a major statement on doing research by one of the master ethnographers of our time.

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0803952813

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Ethnography Lessons

A Primer

By: Harry F Wolcott

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Ethnography Lessons

A Primer

By: Harry F Wolcott

Harry Wolcott takes the reader inside the process of constructing an ethnographic study, offering a wealth of lessons from one of the masters. In this concise primer, he provides a set of models from which to organize a study, explains how to pick the various components that go into the ethnographic report, advises on how to create analogies and metaphors to help explain your work, and identifies the key features of an effective ethnography. He also discusses the role of serendipity and questions of ethics in doing ethnographic work. Learn the essentials of ethnography from one of the masters.

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Routledge

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1315428954

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Writing Up Qualitative Research

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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Writing Up Qualitative Research

By: Harry F. Wolcott

Using lively examples and friendly tips gleaned from his own and other researchers' experiences, and a warm, reflective writing style, Harry F Wolcott offers readers suggestions for writing up qualitative research.

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Ethnography

A Way of Seeing

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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Ethnography

A Way of Seeing

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Harry Wolcott discusses the fundamental nature of ethnographic studies, offering important suggestions on improving and deepening research practices for both novice and expert researchers.

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Transforming Qualitative Data

Description, Analysis, and Interpretation

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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A Kwakiutl Village and School

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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A Kwakiutl Village and School

By: Harry F. Wolcott

This book is a reprint of a now classic text dealing with Wolcott's dissertation topic on the study of a Kwakiutl Indian village and the one-room school he taught at Village Island in the Alert Bay region of British Columbia. Within the book, Wolcott's interest in anthropology and training as an educator are blended together to present a unique look into the educational training of Indian children. Village life and the social environment from which young Indian children learn cultural conventions are skillfully contrasted with the formal, structured educational system--of which Wolcott as a teacher is part of--within the village. In showing these two opposing educational systems, the author is able to highlight problems that arise and additionally the issues which come from an ethnographer being involved in a situation more than through just observation.

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The Art of Fieldwork

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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Sneaky Kid and Its Aftermath

Ethics and Intimacy in Fieldwork

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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Sneaky Kid and Its Aftermath

Ethics and Intimacy in Fieldwork

By: Harry F. Wolcott

Brad—a schizophrenic school dropout and 'sneaky kid'—first appeared as a squatter near Harry Wolcott's forest home. He becomes Wolcott's subject in a long-term life history on how the educational system can fail students. Wolcott's trilogy of articles based on their years of interviews were well-received...until he admitted to an intimate relationship with the young man who, two years after leaving his shack, returned and attempted to murder the anthropologist. The Brad Trilogy then became the focus of heated academic discussions of research ethics, validity, intimacy, and the limitations of qualitative research. Here, Wolcott presents the full story of the Sneaky Kid and the firestorm it caused. Written in Wolcott's masterful style, the case offers an ideal starting point for discussing the complex public and personal dimensions of qualitative research with students. Included as an Appendix is the complete script of Johnny Saldana's ethnodrama recounting the story in play form.

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0759116571

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Writing Up Qualitative Research

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The Man in the Principal's Office

An Ethnography

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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Teachers Versus Technocrats

An Educational Innovation in Anthropological Perspective

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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Teachers Versus Technocrats

An Educational Innovation in Anthropological Perspective

By: Harry F. Wolcott

Harry F. Wolcott draws on his dual perspective as an educator and an anthropologist to provide a unique and penetrating look at the dynamics of a federally funded research and development project and to analyze what happened when university researchers and school district administrators attempted to introduce an experimental planning and evaluation system in an operating school district.

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0759105278

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Sneaky Kid and Its Aftermath

Ethics and Intimacy in Fieldwork

By: Harry F. Wolcott

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Sneaky Kid and Its Aftermath

Ethics and Intimacy in Fieldwork

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Here, Wolcott presents the full story of his intimate and tumultuous relationship with the young man who was the subject of his long-term study on how the educational system can fail students-The Brad Trilogy--and the firestorm it caused. Written in Wolcott's masterful style, the case offers an ideal starting point for discussing the complex public and personal dimensions of qualitative research with students. Visit our website for sample chapters!

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