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Ethnography on the Move: From Field to Net to Internet

Feldforschung im virtuellen Raum? Forschungspraktische Implikationen einer Online-Ethnografie
Etnografía en movimiento: ¿Investigación de campo en el espacio virtual?
[journal article]

Wittel, Andreas

Abstract

Klassische Ethnographien basieren auf der Idee von Lokalität. Zunehmende Globalisierungsprozesse machen dieses Konzept jedoch theoretisch immer fragwürdiger. Seit etwa einem Jahrzehnt plädieren US-Anthropologen deshalb für multi-lokale Ethnographien. Die forschungspraktischen Implikationen eines sol... view more

Klassische Ethnographien basieren auf der Idee von Lokalität. Zunehmende Globalisierungsprozesse machen dieses Konzept jedoch theoretisch immer fragwürdiger. Seit etwa einem Jahrzehnt plädieren US-Anthropologen deshalb für multi-lokale Ethnographien. Die forschungspraktischen Implikationen eines solchen Zugangs sind bislang noch kaum diskutiert worden. Mit dem Aufkommen von interaktiven Medien wartet auf die ethnographische Forschungspraxis bereits eine neue Herausforderung. Der vorliegende Beitrag fragt vor diesem Hintergrund nach den forschungspraktischen Auswirkungen von Feldforschung im virtuellen Raum.... view less


Traditional ethnographies have been based on the ideas of locality. But with the rise of globalisation processes this concept has been increasingly questioned on a theoretical level. In the last decade, US-American anthropologists called for multi-sited ethnographies. However, the practical implicat... view more

Traditional ethnographies have been based on the ideas of locality. But with the rise of globalisation processes this concept has been increasingly questioned on a theoretical level. In the last decade, US-American anthropologists called for multi-sited ethnographies. However, the practical implications for research with such a shift have not been broadly discussed yet. Now, with the internet and different kinds of virtual interaction patterns, ethnographic work faces a new challenge. This paper argues that it is necessary to focus on the implications of fieldwork in virtual settings for ethnographic practice.... view less

Keywords
Internet

Free Keywords
ethnography; multi-sited ethnography; virtual reality; Ethnografie; virtuelle Wirklichkeiten;

Document language
English

Publication Year
2000

Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 1 (2000) 1

ISSN
1438-5627

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution


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