Ethnography: An Overview

1 January 1997

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Substance Use & Misuse

Vol. 32 (9) , 1155-1173
https://doi.org/10.3109/10826089709035470

Abstract

This article offers an overview of ethnographic research. First, an example from a “traditional” ethnography is presented to make explicit some key aspects of the research process and the underlying logic of ethnography's “abductive” epistemology. Next, ethnography is contrasted and compared with the “received view” (deductive, quantitative) to show how it differs from the usual tradition of “social research.” Finally, the way that ethnography and epidemiology are being combined in United States drug use(r) research is described.

Keywords

ETHNOGRAPHY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
METHODOLOGY
DRUG USE(R) RESEARCH

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Research Interviewing
Published by Harvard University Press ,1986