The long interview

A “small” text published by Sage entitled: The Long Interview, by G. McCracken. McCracken writings about key theoretical and methodological issues relating to his “simple four-step model of inquiry”. 1. Review of analytic categories 2. Review of cultural categories 3. Discovery of cultural categories 4. Discovery of analytic categories. He outlines states of the analytic process discussed and provides key insights for new researchers to follow when designing... 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