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Ethnography: Hraf Collection
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Ethnography is a broad approach to research characterised by the central role of the researcher and the use of multiple methods of data collection, including interviewing and observation. Researchers use ethnography to get 'inside' social worlds, to see these 'through the eyes' of research subjects and to understand and explain these worlds in all their richness, complexity and specificity. This course introduces ethnographic research and takes you through guided activities on project design, data collection and data analysis. You can study this course as part of a programme of postgraduate study or on its own, possibly as preparation for your own research project.
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Files within the HRAF Collections of Ethnography are arranged according to the OWC classification system. Within each file, source documents are indexed at the paragraph level. These documents are then arranged according to The Outline of Cultural Materials, a subject classification system.
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The eHRAF Collection of Ethnography database is produced by Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University. HRAF is a not-for-profit membership consortium of over 300 educational and research institutions in 30 countries. The mission of HRAF is to encourage and facilitate worldwide and other comparative studies of human behavior, society, and culture.
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Users of the HRAF Collection of Ethnography should become familiar with two standard reference works: The Outline of World Cultures and The Outline of Cultural Materials. The HRAF Collection of Ethnography utilizes the cultural and subject classification systems presented in these two works to direct researchers to information on specific cultural groups and to information on particular cultural phenomena, respectively.
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"The eHRAF Collection of Ethnography, available on the web, is a small but growing collection of HRAF full text and graphical materials supplemented, in some cases, with additional research through approximately the 1980's. The eHRAF Collection of Ethnography includes approximately 48 cultures, and regular additions are planned." (See http://www.hti.umich.edu/e/ehraf/).
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The eHRAF Collection of Ethnography is a unique cross-cultural database with full-text ethnographies that are subject-indexed at the paragraph-level for precise retrieval of information on all aspects of cultural and social life. These materials are relevant to the various social science disciplines as well as the humanities and health sciences.
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