1997
DOI: 10.1177/0049124197025004002
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Ethnography's Warrants

Abstract: “Assuming your argument is empirically sound, so what?” Ethnographers are especially vulnerable to this question because their warrants are commonly diffused throughout their texts, because they aim to describe what is obvious to their subjects, and because such rude questions usually are raised only silently. Perhaps the most common warrant for ethnography is a claim that social forces have created a moralized ignorance that separates research subjects and the research audience. The author discusses several d… Show more

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“…The project employs ethnography for its in-depth observation of micro-level processes over time (Katz, 1997;Auyero, 2012). Surveys and interviews enable initial comparisons to larger groups of people within the same city.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The project employs ethnography for its in-depth observation of micro-level processes over time (Katz, 1997;Auyero, 2012). Surveys and interviews enable initial comparisons to larger groups of people within the same city.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ethnography is particularly suited for studying processes and systems of informal rules because it uses in-depth observation and interaction over time, making it ideal for both collective action and informal sector research (Katz, 1997;Auyero, 2001). Ethnographic methods use participant observation-observing actions, interactions, and conversations repeatedly-to assess what participants have told the researcher in conversations and interviews (Geertz, 1973).…”
Section: Public Goodmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Miranda,Caracas 89000,Venezuela (vzubillaga@usb.ve). 15 VII 13 In the article by George Karandinos, Laurie Hart, Fernando Montero Castrillo, and Philippe Bourgois, "The Moral Economy of Violence in the US Inner City," which is based on ethnographic observation and systematic field notes, we have a daring ethnography that takes place in the Puerto Rican area of North Philadelphia-Karandinos and Montero Castrillo actually live there-replete with theoretically sustained critical reflections that allow us to think processually (Katz 1997). In this regard, it allows us to understand the interpersonal violence in which the protagonists-Roland, Juan, Alfredo, Sol, and Rico-are trapped.…”
Section: Between Using a Rock And Living In A Hardmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Il pointe la tentation des ethnographes de représenter les sujets sous un jour avantageux, d'occulter certains aspects embarrassants du terrain pour donner une image plus présentable des interviewés, et de vouloir « défendre » des individus auxquels le chercheur s'est progressivement identifié. La propension des sociologues à vouloir représenter de façon positive leurs enquêtés est l'un des problèmes chroniques de l'ethnographie ; Katz (1997) Ce débat illustre les deux aspects de la distance sociale : l'occultation des faits embarrassants par Duneier (selon Wacquant) se fait au nom du respect des enquêtés, du fait de l'inquiétude éthique qui découle de l'inégalité de position entre Duneier et les sans-abri ; la prétention à l'abolition de la frontière raciale par Wacquant (selon Duneier) renvoie à la question de l'étrangeté et de l'accès au terrain. Chacune de ces deux critiques s'inscrit dans l'histoire de longue durée de l'anthropologie, laquelle suggère deux tendances sur l'évolution de la question de la distance sociale entre le chercheur et son terrain : d'une part, l'idée que la réduction de la distance (comme étrangeté) entre le chercheur et son terrain est la clé de la compétence méthodologique, et d'autre part, une inquiétude croissante sur les risques éthiques potentiels de l'ethnographie et une plus grande considération pour le respect des interviewés.…”
Section: Les Recherches Dans Le Ghetto Et Le Problème De La Distance unclassified