Identifies and describes stresses that the ethnographer experiences in the research setting. Suggests coping strategies for dealing with phenomena such as (1) data overload, (2) participant observation, (3) participation/intervention, (4) the researcher's need for acceptance, identity and reciprocity, (5) data presentation and distribution, and…

Presents an ethnographic study of "The Taxonomy of Educational Objectives" (Bloom, ed., 1956). The research represents an attempt to examine a familiar document of our own culture using the methods for analyzing songs, stories, and myths of a foreign culture. (KC)

Defines "something else" as something that attends to the complexity of the questions asked and the diversity of the "audiences" for whom "knowledge" is being produced--the fruits of research efforts. Finds that it is less a matter of continuing to perpetuate the qualitative/quantitative debate than attempting to…

An ethnographic study examined oral poetry venues in black communities in Oakland and Sacramento as African Diaspora participatory literacy communities. These literary centers in out-of-school contexts served as sites for the development of cultural identity and the practice of multiple literacies. (Contains 43 references.) (SK)

Analyzes literacy events co-constructed by three bilingual, mainland Puerto Rican kindergarteners and the network of adults and children in their homes who support their developing literacy. Reveals and gives value to some of the many literacies in the children's lives and communicates a respectful approach to the study of literacy in families…

Argues that a cultural materialist perspective on the work of critical ethnography in composition studies can provide a useful framework that accounts for and can help to resolve some of the significant ethical dilemmas to which recent critiques of critical ethnography in composition have pointed. Describes recent critiques of ethnography in…

Addresses how some children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds bring their lived experiences and distinctive cultural ways of knowing to learning literacy. Describes the interplay among issues of race, class, gender, and power in creating and teaching literacy lessons in diverse settings during student teaching. Presents…

Considers how the concept of "literacy," especially intensified by the current conservative political climate, has been falsely reified as a clearly distinct "thing" that can be taught and tested in simple and standardized ways. Identifies literacy competencies as "subrosa literacy" and describes detailed performances of these abilities (including…

This study investigated Korean kindergartners' reasoning during group moral discussions of problematic situations based on pictures depicting problem situations. Findings revealed that young children were able to reason about others' perspectives, acknowledge problematic situations, grasp the causes of the problems, predict consequences, and seek…

Used a three-phase ethnographic approach to examine the range of factors that affected people's decisions about physical activity and diet. Data from interviews with diverse, low-income families with children highlighted barriers to and facilitators of healthy behavior. Results indicated that families were embedded in a multicomponent "web" of…

Examines a distinctive genre represented by the ethnodrama, "Finding My Place," relating this work to the practice of arts-based research in educational ethnography. The drama highlighted the relationship between a prominent educational ethnographer and the young man who was his research subject. Discusses the kinds of textual practice…

Explores some of the ways in which the contested concept of cultural translation has been interpreted in anthropology. Describes what cultural translation now involves for practitioners who research and teach within interdisciplinary frameworks--particularly those constituted by the interface between anthropology and modern language learning.…

The principles of ethnography are explained and placed within the domain of social research. Qualitative research in communication is evaluated in terms of the role of interpretation in science, the balance of subjectivity and objectivity in social research, and beliefs about science in American culture. (Author/JDD)

Explores communication ethnographically in six text-based virtual realities through four items of jargon: spoof, spam, lurk, and lag. Suggests that articulated aesthetics serve as rules for proper behavior, markers of experience and belonging, metaphors for poetic expression, and resources for play and challenge within the community. (RS)

Responds to contentions that accommodation media ethnographies are incapable of addressing matters of ideology or significant social-historical variables. Explores the theoretical sources to which many accommodation ethnographers turn, sources which suggest that the theoretical bases of accommodation approaches make provisions for studying…