Thick Comparison Reviving the Ethnographic Aspiration |
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| Contribution by:
| Sørensen, Estrid
Schmidt, Robert
Langstrup, Henriette
Winthereik, Brit Ross
M'charek, Amade A.
Amelang, Katrin
Beck, Stefan
Hannken-Illjes, Kati
Kozin, Alexander |
| Volume Editor:
| Scheffer, Thomas
Niewöhner, Jörg |
| Series title: | International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-18113-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2010 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $152.00 |
Book Description:
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In ethnographic inquiry, comparing is fraught with difficulties, never complete and often fails. Yet it remains a strangely productive mode of working. Thick comparisondevelops and reflects on the production of comparability as a fruitful process in ethnographic research.
In ethnographic inquiry, comparing is fraught with difficulties, never complete and often fails. Yet it remains a strangely productive mode of working. Thick comparisondevelops and reflects on the production of comparability as a fruitful process in ethnographic research.