Ethnographer as creation: A Whiteheadian interpretation of the ethnographic subject.

This article examines the dynamic process constituting the researcher-subject in ethnographic fieldwork. Applying the theoretical framework of AN Whitehead AN (1964) The Concept of Nature: The Tarnell Lectures Delivered in Trinity College in 1919. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Whitehead AN...

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Publicado en:Qualitative Research Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 269 - 287
Autor principal: Paju, Elina
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Apr2024
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