Ethnography: An overview

Journal/Book: Subst Use Misuse. 1997; 32: 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016. Marcel Dekker Inc. 1155-1173.

Abstract: This article offers an overview of ethnographic research. First, an example from a ''traditional'' ethnography is presented to make explicit some key aspects of the research process and the underlying logic of ethnography's ''abductive'' epistemology. Next, ethnography is contrasted and compared with the ''received view'' (deductive, quantitative) to show how it differs from the usual tradition of ''social research.'' Finally, the way that ethnography and epidemiology are being combined in United States drug use(r) research is described.

Note: Article Agar MH, Ethknowworks, POB 5804, Takoma Pk,MD 20913 USA

Keyword(s): ethnography; epidemiology; methodology; drug use(r) research

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