Article
Introduction: Taking Ethnography into the Twenty-First Century
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
(1996)
Abstract
Postmodernist and poststructuralist perspectives on truth, objectivity and language will hopefully elicit constructive challenges to ethnography. Ethnographic assertions are often debatable and designed to increase understanding of various issues and values associated with ethnography. Confrontational and defensive exchanges between proponents of orthodox and unorthodox forms of ethnographic representation should be minimized. Instead, constructive discussions about the purposes and legitimate forms of ethnography should be encouraged.
Keywords
- Ethnography,
- Truth,
- Objectivity,
- Poststructuralism,
- Postmodernism
Disciplines
Publication Date
1996
Citation Information
Carolyn S Ellis and Arthur Bochner. "Introduction: Taking Ethnography into the Twenty-First Century" Journal of Contemporary Ethnography Vol. 25 Iss. 1 (1996) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carolyn_ellis/20/