Focused Ethnography for Research on Community Development Non-Profit Organisations

Abstract: Focused ethnography is a pragmatic form of ethnography, which is focused on a specific phenomenon and conducts short, intensive fieldwork. In this article, I contribute to the development of focused ethnography as an innovative, efficient, and effective qualitative methodology. In addition to augmenting general definitions and understandings of focused ethnography, I evaluate the appropriateness of this methodology for research on community development non-profit organisations. As such, I unpack the advantages and disadvantages of focused ethnography regarding its convergence with or divergence from community development practice principles including bottom-up programming, active participation, locally led action, inclusion of marginalised groups and local wisdom, devolved decision-making, and social justice agenda. Additionally, I outline which types of research projects situated in community development settings may be suited or unsuitable to a focused ethnographic approach, and .... https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3811

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Focused Ethnography for Research on Community Development Non-Profit Organisations ; volume:23 ; number:2 ; day:30 ; month:05 ; year:2022 ; Forum qualitative Sozialforschung ; 23, Heft 2 (30.05.2022)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Kelly, Leanne M.

Further information

• DOI: 10.17169/fqs-22.2.3811
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022060502252084916851
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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