Selecting Ethnographic Informants - Couverture souple

Johnson, Jeffrey C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803935870 ISBN 13 : 9780803935877

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 1991

Synopsis

In this concise book, Johnson demonstrates that ethnographic informants can be selected in a systematic fashion, maximizing the amount of accurate information given to the ethnographer and the variety of viewpoints the researcher has access to. Using recent work on cultural consensus and network analysis, Johnson offers simple techniques for determining the number and categories of informants needed in a given setting and how to pinpoint key people to approach for information. Replete with examples from a variety of settings, this volume is a valuable methodological aid to all engaged in fieldwork.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jeffrey Johnson is a University Term Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida. He was a former Program Manager with the Army Research Office (IPA) where he started the basic science research program in the social sciences.  He has conducted extensive long-term research, supported by the National Science Foundation, comparing group dynamics and the evolution of social networks of over-wintering crews at the American South Pole Station, with those at the Polish, Russian, Chinese, and Indian Antarctic Stations. In related research, he has studied aspects of team cognition and social networks on success in simulated space missions. He has published extensively in anthropological, sociological, biological, aerospace, and marine science journals and was the founding editor of the Journal of Quantitative Anthropology, co-editor of the journal Human Organization, and  the author of Selecting Ethnographic Informants, Sage, 1990.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803935870
• ISBN 13: 9780803935877
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible