Title
Document Type
Other
Date of this Version
1998
Publication Source
Encyclopædia Iranica
Volume
9
Issue
1
Start Page
9
Last Page
28
Abstract
ETHNOGRAPHY, the basic field research method in anthropology. This article, which treats the corpus of ethnographic data, complements the article on anthropology (q.v.) which treats the history of ideas underlying the research. It is divided into four sections: (1) Introduction, which discusses the objectives and limitations of the ethnographic enterprise; (2) Guide to available material, which surveys the types of data that ethnography has produced in Iran; (3) Index of localities, communities, and topics described, and (4) Bibliography, which gives full references to available sources.
Recommended Citation
Spooner, B. (1998). Ethnography. Encyclopædia Iranica, 9 (1), 9-28. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/anthro_papers/128
Date Posted: 12 December 2016
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