His account of teacher research is a study of four first grade classrooms and the interaction between the teachers and their students. The accounts give examples of good teaching and show through case studies how the students can First published in 1994. Routled... Lees meer.

A cornerstone of this exciting growing discipline this text gives readers a clear introduction to key ideas and common complexities met when doing sensory research and provides plenty of real-world examples to show the method in action.... Lees meer.

This book and award-winning film provide a unique account of the invisible dynamics of possession and psychosis and how Muslim patients are transformed through the treatments offered by mosques and the psychiatric institutions of European nation-states. Descending wi... Lees meer.

This sharp innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research and demonstrates how the methodological practical and theoretical d... Lees meer.

Organizational Ethnography brings contributions from leading scholars in organizational studies that help to develop an ethnographic perspective on organizations and organizational research.... Lees meer.

Giants cannibals and other monsters were a regular feature of Renaissance illustrated maps inhabiting the Americas alongside other indigenous peoples. In a new approach to views of distant peoples Surekha Davies analyzes this archive alongside prints costume books a... Lees meer.

Experimental film and ethnographic film have long been considered separate autonomous practices on the margins of mainstream cinema. By exploring the interplay between the two forms Catherine Russell throws new light on both the avant-garde and visual anthropology. Ru... Lees meer.

A critique of the globalisation of the culture principle arguing that theory is dependent on the actual study of peoples.... Lees meer.

This text is based upon the author s two years of residence among the Jelgobe a group of semi-nomadic Fulani of the Sahel in Burkina Faso western Africa. Paul Riesman s Freedom in Fulani Social Life is based upon his two years of residence among the Jelgobe a grou... Lees meer.

An unrivalled exploration of what visual ethnography is and what it should be this book maintains a fine balance between theory and practice. The author provides up-to-date digital and technological topics in this 4th edition offering clear relevant guidance on the a... Lees meer.

This final book in Paul Atkinson s celebrated quartet on ethnographic research investigates material culture and its relationship to sensory ethnography. Building on the author s recent fieldwork the book showcases how materials techniques tools and perspectives comb... Lees meer.

This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. The book presents evidence from across the ages from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery. S... Lees meer.

One of the most influential figures in documentary and ethnographic filmmaking Jean Rouch has made more than one hundred films in West Africa and France. In such acclaimed works as Jaguar The Lion Hunters and Cocorico Monsieur Poulet Rouch has explored racism colo... Lees meer.

Through immersive ethnography this book explores how fighters at a Muay Thai Kickboxing gym in East London attempt to reject pre-established identity markers such as race and gender. This book is an immersive ethnographic account of how fighters at a Polish-owned M... Lees meer.

How to Read Ethnography is an essential guide to approaching anthropological texts. This fully revised second edition includes fresh excerpts from key texts for analysis and comparison along with lucid explanations How to Read Ethnography is an essential guide to ap... Lees meer.