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ethnography definition
eth·nog·ra·phy (et̸h näg′rə fē)
Related Forms:
- ethnographer eth·nog′·ra·pher noun
- ethnographic eth′·no·graph′ic (-nə graf′ik) adjective or ethnographical eth′·no·graph′i·cal
- ethnographically eth′·no·graph′i·cally adverb
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ethnography Usage Examples
Converse of object
- conduct: This is a piece of ethnography conducted in a market not yet open to foreign capital.
Adjective modifier
- interpretive: Interpretive ethnography: ethnographic practices for the 21st century.
Modifies a noun
- collection: There has been a recent return of the Ethnography Collections from the Museum of Mankind.
Noun used with modifier
- meta: Interpretative meta ethnography was used as the research framework to investigate the changes that occurred when faculty adopt problem-based learning.
Preposition: in
- century: Pitt Rivers, anthropology and ethnography in the nineteenth century, the history of museums, field collection and the iconography of shields.
Preposition: of
- communication: It was built on three main theoretical traditions: intercultural communication, ethnography of communication and cultural or social anthropology.
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