Ethnographic Explorations

<p>In <i>Ethnographic Explorations: Surrender and Resistance</i> Whitaker and Atkinson two experienced ethnographers explore the complexities of fieldwork analysis and writing from new perspectives. It takes the opportunity to reflect on Ethnography not just as a methodological perspective but at a fundamental level.</p> <p></p> <p>In general terms Ethnography is seen not just in terms of a set of data-collection methods but as a more profoundly transformational perspective. The book explores a series of tensions and differences in the conceptualisation and conduct of ethnography among them: Surrender and Catch; Strangeness and Familiarity; Intimacy and Distance; amd Romanticism and Modernism. It emphasises disruptions and interruptions rather than an idealised model of smoothly untroubled research. The book covers a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives illustrated with research in many social settings.</p> <p></p> <p>The book is intended for researchers at postgraduate and postdoctoral levels and at experienced researchers who want to read a different sometimes challenging take on ethnographic research and its outcomes. </p>