Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ520831
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-5692
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Critical Ethnography: Problems in Contemporary Theory and Practice.
Jordan, Steve; Yeomans, David
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v16 n3 p389-408 Sep 1995
Asserts that ethnography's development out of anthropology left it tainted with biases from colonialism and imperialism. Discusses several contemporary approaches, including critical ethnography, really useful knowledge, and action research. Suggests further incorporation of postmodernist ideas into the field of ethnography. (MJP)
Descriptors: Action Research, Anthropology, Colonialism, Consciousness Raising, Critical Theory, Cultural Awareness, Ethnocentrism, Ethnography, Higher Education, Imperialism, Participant Observation, Postmodernism, Qualitative Research, Social Change, Social Science Research, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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