Video Analysis

Baker, W.D. & Green, J. (2007). Limits to certainty in interpreting video data: Interactional ethnography and disciplinary knowledge, Pedagogies, 2(3). This is an amazing article. The uncertainties of analysis and our developing interpretations can be the most difficult issues for new researchers and those who are new to qualitative inquiry. Baker & Green reveal a framework for understanding using interactional ethnography as a lens for constructing understandings.  Read More

Contours of culture

I’m currently reading and recommending: Contours of culture: Complex ethnography and the ethnography of complexity By Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, William Housley  Read More

Spradley: Staples and classics

James Spradley was a professor of anthropology. His texts provide a wonderfully accessible discussion of “steps” in ethnographic data collection and analysis. Spradley, J. (1979). The ethnographic interview. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers. Spradley, J. (1980). Participant observation. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers.  Read More