Comprehensive Field Work Instructions: A Review of Applied Ethnography. Guidelines for Field Research

Authors

Elizaveta Polukhina, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)Follow

Abstract

This book provides extended information and concrete guidelines for applied ethnographic research. It is rich in methodological advice, applicable empirical instruments and tools. The work will be helpful for advanced researchers, academic and non- academic people involved in complex international programs, lectures and graduate students planning to conduct ethnographic research for their dissertation. It includes research examples in education, marketing, community health, nursing, geography and more. The empirical fields of Pelto are slightly removed from the focus on Euro-American academic research and include reflections of working in the developing countries such as South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) and more.

Keywords

Ethnography, Observation, Mixed Methods Research, Field Work

Author Bio(s)

Elizaveta Polukhina is a PhD, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at The National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), faculty of Social Sciences (Moscow, Russian Federation). She is co-leader in scientific and educational group Mixed Methods Research in Social Sciences (URL: http://social.hse.ru/en/mixedmethods/). Her interests include sociological research methods (qualitative approach, online methods as well as mix methods research strategy). Elizaveta is the author of several methodological articles with the topics as nethnography, focus groups discussions, and strategies of integration qualitative and quantitative research methods. Her projects related to the issues of social ecology, sociology of home and social mobility. Correspondence regarding this review can be addressed directly to: Elizaveta Polukhina at, E-mail: epolukhina@hse.ru; personal page: http://www.hse.ru/en/staff/polukhina

Acknowledgements

Funding: The review was prepared within the framework of the Academic Fund Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in 2015 (grant No. 15-05- 0012) and supported within the framework of a subsidy granted to the HSE by the Government of the Russian Federation for the implementation of the Global Competitiveness Program.

Publication Date

6-15-2015

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2015.2158

Recommended APA Citation

Polukhina, E. (2015). Comprehensive Field Work Instructions: A Review of Applied Ethnography. Guidelines for Field Research. The Qualitative Report, 20(6), 826-829. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2015.2158