ethnography

Noun

Meaning

That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See Ethnology.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ethnology anthropology cultural anthropology descriptive anthropology archeology culture psychology entomology ethnographic fieldwork anthroposophy ethnographer ethnographical social anthropology ichthyology
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Hypernyms

anthropology

Related terms

ethnology ethnic ethnographic ethnographer ethnographical ethnical

Examples

Social media is less about technology and more about anthropology, sociology, and ethnography. Brian Solis

Although I cannot hope to do justice to Armstrng’s detailed ethnography here, the case study can, all to briefly, be summarised as follows. Source: Internet

Aveni uses the importance of zenith passages as an example of the importance of ethnography. Source: Internet

Arts and culture * New Jersey State Museum – Combines a collection of archaeology and ethnography, fine art, cultural history and natural history. Source: Internet

Also emerging in multi-sited ethnography are greater interdisciplinary approaches to fieldwork, bringing in methods from cultural studies, media studies, science and technology studies, and others. Source: Internet

As the Truman State University (Miss.) sociologist Stephen Christ in a 2015 ethnography, “A restaurant is only as authentic as profits will allow.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ethnographically ethnographist ethnographize ethnoherbal ethnohistorian ethnohistoric