Ethnographic methodologies have long underpinned qualitative inquiry in the social sciences, offering immersive ways to apprehend cultural practices, meanings and power relations. Grounded in ...

Product developers who observe end-users' behavior in the actual environment of use generate tangible, workable information about a device—and the requirements of the people who use it. Stephen B.

Ethnographic methodologies constitute a cornerstone of qualitative inquiry, offering rich, contextualised insights into social life by immersing researchers in the environments they study. Rooted in ...

The MA in Anthropology is a 30 credit program combining the theoretical and methodological foundations of social and cultural anthropology with an emphasis on the critical exploration of how ...

Controversy over the sociologist Alice Goffman’s On the Run, a study of young people on the margins of society, has put ethnography on trial. Lost in the accusations and rebuttals, I fear, is the ...

This seminar cultivates the craft of ethnographic writing as a central practice of anthropology. Combining writing exercises with critical reflection, the course explores how ethnographic texts bring ...

This course is compulsory on the BA in Social Anthropology and BSc in Social Anthropology. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students. Undergraduates taking this ...

Keeping patients and caregivers at the center of quality improvement is critical. Kaiser Permanente’s Care Management Institute adapted video ethnography to achieve this aim, using video to capture ...

Ethnography is a term that originated in anthropology and refers to the systematic study of people and cultures by spending time living with them. By capturing detailed observations to understand how ...