what is the definition of ethnography
Ethnography (from Greek á¼Î¸Î½Î¿Ï ethnos folk, people, nation and Î³ÏÎ¬ÏÏ grapho I write) is the systematic study of people and cultures. It is designed to explore cultural phenomena where the researcher observes society from the point of view of the subject of the study.thnography is a qualitative design, where the researcher explains about shared learnt patterns of values, behaviour, beliefs, and language of a culture shared by a group of people. The field of anthropology originated from Europe and England designed in late 19th century.
â¢ Graphy = documentation. âDocumentation of the lifeworld of a people. â Ethnography is. â A methodology. A set of activities. â A stance toward human existence. â A set theoretical assumptions, that human activity. has meaning, it is not chaotic; that it is culturally. organized.