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The ethnographic case study approach

by , Wednesday July 23rd, 2008

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Ethnography literally means to "write (or represent) a culture." Ethnographers look for patterns, describe local relationships (formal and informal), understandings and meanings (tacit and explicit), and try to make sense of a place and a case in relation to the entire social setting and all social relationships. They also contextualize these in wider contexts (e.g., the wider economy, government policies, etc.).

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