Interrogating Ethnography

Why Evidence Matters (UK)
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-19-065568-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 369 g

In this comprehensive review of urban ethnography, Steven Lubet encountered a field that relies heavily on anonymous sources, often as reported by a single investigator whose underlying data remain unseen. Upon digging into the details, he discovered too many ethnographic assertions that were dubious, exaggerated, tendentious, or just plain wrong. Employing the tools and techniques of a trial lawyer, Lubet uses original sources and contemporaneous documentation to explore the stories behind ethnographic narratives. Many turn out to be accurate, but others are revealed to be based on rumors, folklore, and unreliable hearsay.

Interrogating Ethnography explains how qualitative social science would benefit from greater attention to the quality of evidence, and provides recommendations for bringing the field more closely in line with other fact-based disciplines such as law and journalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lubet, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- Introduction: The Ethnographic Trial

- Chapter One: Testimony

- Chapter Two: Opinion and Documentation

- Chapter Three: Unreliability

- Chapter Four: Credulity

- Chapter Five: Selectivity

- Chapter Six: Rumors and Folklore

- Chapter Seven: Anonymity

- Chapter Eight: Criminality

- Conclusion: Toward Evidence-Based Ethnography

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Lubet is the Williams Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University. He is the author of fifteen books and over 120 articles on the history, ethics, and practice of law.