ethnography

/eθ'nɔgrəfi/

Thân thiện

An anthropologist writes an ethnography about a remote village community.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies: Ethnography is the systematic study and detailed documentation of people and cultures, focusing on describing the customs, behaviors, and social structures of a specific group or society.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Her doctoral thesis was based on two years of ethnography among the community.
  • The book provides a rich ethnography of urban street artists.
  • Participant observation is a key method in ethnography.

Advanced Usage

• "to write an ethnography": to produce a written account or book detailing the findings of an ethnographic study.
  • The anthropologist spent a decade in the field before she felt ready to write her ethnography.
• "digital ethnography": the application of ethnographic methods to study communities and cultures that exist primarily online.
  • His research uses digital ethnography to understand online gaming communities.

Variants and Related Words

• Ethnographer (n): A person who conducts ethnographic research.
  • The ethnographer lived with the tribe for 18 months.
• Ethnographic (adj): Relating to or characteristic of ethnography.
  • The film offers an ethnographic perspective on the ritual.
• Ethnographically (adv): In a way that relates to ethnography.
  • The study was conducted ethnographically.

Synonyms

• Cultural anthropology: The broader field of anthropology focused on human culture, of which ethnography is a primary method.
• Descriptive study: A general term for research that aims to describe characteristics of a phenomenon.

Related Phrases

• "conduct ethnography": to carry out ethnographic research.
  • She traveled to the region to conduct ethnography on traditional healing practices.
• "ethnography of communication": a specialized approach within ethnography that focuses on patterns of language use within a cultural group.
  • His work falls under the ethnography of communication, analyzing storytelling in the community.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies

Từ đồng nghĩa

• descriptive anthropology