EthnographyWhat sustained fieldwork can show that no survey reaches.SociologyExtended first-hand study of a setting on its own terms,producing an account of practice and meaning fromsustained presence rather than from reports.TYPICAL SPANmonths to yearsSTRENGTHvalidityTime in the field is the method, not a preliminary.Field notes are written daily, not reconstructed.Access and gatekeepers shape what you can see.Thick description: the act plus its meaning.Going native trades distance for closeness.One site studied deeply, not many sampled.LOOK FOR ITWhyte's Street Corner Society: three years in one district, and a structureof local life no questionnaire had found.Weak on reliability and generalisation by design. Strong claims about apopulation need a different study.Ethnographylearnposters.com
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What’s on the Ethnography poster

A definition and 6 facts worth remembering.

Extended first-hand study of a setting on its own terms, producing an account of practice and meaning from sustained presence rather than from reports.

Weak on reliability and generalisation by design. Strong claims about a population need a different study.

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What’s on the Ethnography poster?
A definition and 6 facts worth remembering. Extended first-hand study of a setting on its own terms, producing an account of practice and meaning from sustained presence rather than from reports. Time in the field is the method, not a preliminary.; Field notes are written daily, not reconstructed.; Access and gatekeepers shape what you can see.; Thick description: the act plus its meaning.; Going native trades distance for closeness.; One site studied deeply, not many sampled.; Typical span — months to years; Strength — validity; Whyte's Street Corner Society: three years in one district, and a structure of local…. Weak on reliability and generalisation by design. Strong claims about a population need a different study.
Who is the Ethnography poster for?
Ethnography belongs to the Sociology section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning research methods can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Ethnography poster?
When you need to know what people do, not only what they report doing. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Ethnography belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Ethnography?
Claiming a Cause, Coding Qualitative Data and Reading Official Statistics sit alongside Ethnography in the Sociology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Claiming a CauseCoding Qualitative DataReading Official Statistics
Is the Ethnography poster free to download and print?
Yes. Ethnography downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Sociology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Ethnography poster print at?
Ethnography is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Ethnography loses nothing.Printing guide

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