Coping with data in an ethnographic study.
Traditionally, and as described in other articles in this issue, ethnography is a form of study pioneered by anthropologists.They examine the societies and customs of peoples far removed from Western culture, through their families, lives, education, socialisation, religion, language and so on.They study for long periods of time during which they theorise about aspects of the culture and its meaning to the individuals within it. The researchers often keep diaries which form the basis of their later writings.
School of Nursing Studies,university of Manchester,Manchester.
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