A Different Kind of Ethnography: Imaginative Practices and Creative Methodologies

Denielle Elliott, Dara Culhane

University of Toronto Press, Jan 1, 2017 - Social Science - 160 pages

Building on the sensory ethnographic trend in contemporary sociocultural anthropology, this collection introduces the idea of a different kind of ethnography: an imaginative and creative approach to anthropological inquiry that is collaborative, open-ended, embodied, affective, and experimental. The authors treat ethnography as a methodology that includes the whole process of ethnography, from being fully present while engaging with the experience to analyzing representing, and communicating the results, with the hope of capturing different kinds of knowledge and experiences

The book is structured around various methodologies-sensing, walking, writing, performing, and recording--and includes innovative exercises that allow both seasoned and aspiring ethnographers to develop a practice that can deepen and extend ethnographic inquiry.

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This is a fantastic book with a wealth of activities for experiential learning. I have used it in a number of university level anthropology courses that I teach, and am currently using it in my ethnography class. Highly recommended. 5 stars!

Contents

• An introDuCtion: 1
• Writing: 23
• Vancouver Canada: 34
• SenSing: 45
• reCorDing AnD eDiting: 69
• WAlKing: 91
• performing 113 Magdalena KazubowskiHouston: 123
• Resources for Instructors 133 Index: 143

About the author

Dara Culhane is Professor of Anthropology at Simon Fraser University.

Denielle Elliott is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science at York University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Different Kind of Ethnography: Imaginative Practices and Creative Methodologies; G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
• Editors: Denielle Elliott, Dara Culhane
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2017
• ISBN: 1442636610, 9781442636613
• Length: 160 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Social Science / Methodology; Social Science / Research