Vocabulary:
Ethnography (p276) In depth involvement in a culture to describe naturally occurring behavior.
Margaret Mead did ethnographic qualitative studies in Samoa by living among the people and studying their ways. By living among the Samoans, they shared information about themselves that they may not have shared to a distant observer.
Reflection:
Today I learned that most qualitative studies are made by people who have a social justice agenda, and it’s good to know what the researcher’s agenda is. Qualitative studies can be done on one person, with great detail, and still be considered a research study. Qualitative studies need 3 points of reference, so if someone tells you “something,” then the “something” that you heard should be told to you by 2 other sources for it to be considered usable for a qualitative study.
