• Week 6: Writing: ethnography and the argumentative empirical study

      Week 6

      Writing: ethnography and the argumentative empirical study

       

      Topics

      Creative reading, creative writing

      Writing up: making arguments flow from the data

      Interpretation, pre-existing theories and assumptions

       

      Readings:            

      Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz and Linda L. Shaw (1995): Writing an Ethnography. In: Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995): 166-210.

      Recommended readings

      Hammersley, Martyn and Paul Atkinson (1983): The Process of Analysis. In: Ibid: Ethnography: Principles and Practice. London: Routledge 23-53.

      Atlas.ti – Quick tour http://atlasti.com/manuals-docs/