ethnography
pronunciation
How to pronounce ethnography in British English:
UK [eθˈnɒɡrəfi]
How to pronounce ethnography in American English:
US [eθˈnɑːɡrəfi]
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- Noun:
- the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
Word Origin
- ethnography (n.)
- "science of the description and classification of the races of mankind," 1812, perhaps from German Ethnographie; see ethno- "race, culture" + -graphy "study." Related: Ethnographer; ethnographic.
Example
- 1. An education ethnography research on green class-teaching .
- 2. Mr mathews 's book is an exercise in ethnography , the discipline of describing individual lives in detail .
- 3. Educational ethnography is one of basal methods , orientations and production forms of educational research .
- 4. Continuity and change : fieldwork and ethnography of jiao festivals in hong kong .
- 5. The ethnography came back to me time and time again because it was obvious to me ( and perhaps them ) that in many senses my values and priorities were diametrically opposed to those of the local people .