Ethnography and narrative

Abstract

This paper explores the topic of police storytelling from an ethnographic perspective. Ethnographies have always been full of stories, but it took a while for storytelling as such to draw attention to it within the broader study of police culture. Lately, we have seen increased attention for storytelling in policing. Recent studies cover new ground: they comment on story tellability, on police storytelling among recruits, on the differences across settings, and more. Nevertheless, a more systematic treatment of this topic is still lacking. This paper reviews the literature on police storytelling. Its purpose is to come to a more thorough and critical understanding of storytelling in policing (studies), which allows us to identify some challenges and opportunities we see for future (ethnographic) research.

Is There a Future for Indigenous People? The Application of the Ethnography Future Research to Assess the Indigenous People Sustainability

“…Even though the EFR technique differentiates between optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely scenarios, a scenario is essentially a story [27]. As a result, this technique has the potential to tell future stories because storytelling is a component of indigenous cultures that still practice oral traditions [34], [35], the EFR helps plan for community sustainability and resilience because it incorporates storytelling into future scenarios [36], [37]. Overall, the EFR is a valuable tool for culturally appropriate future planning for Indigenous People.…”