`Getting Out' in Ethnography: A Seldom-told Story Export

@article{citeulike:4879993, abstract = {In ethnography and related qualitative research that relies on naturalistic observation or fieldwork, `getting in', or accessing a research population or site, receives considerable attention, as do data collection and analysis and writing-up. Yet despite the recent increase in ethnographic publications and methodological sophistication across the globe, scant attention is paid to `getting out', or leaving the field. The exploration in this article stems from unexpected challenges to `getting out' that a team of nine researchers experienced during a five-year, five-city ethnographic research project in the USA. Given the growing emphasis on reflexivity in ethnography, the expanding mandates of institutional review boards, and the vigorous theoretical and methodological debates taking place in many countries, increased attention to `getting out', from multiple theoretical and epistemological perspectives and locations, could enrich the ethnographic research enterprise. 10.1177/1473325008100423}, author = {Iversen, Roberta R.}, citeulike-article-id = {4879993}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473325008100423}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://qsw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/8/1/9}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1473325008100423}, journal = {Qualitative Social Work}, keywords = {2009, ethno}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {9--26}, posted-at = {2009-06-17 13:20:21}, priority = {2}, title = {`Getting Out' in Ethnography: A Seldom-told Story}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473325008100423}, volume = {8}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4879993 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4879993 N2 - In ethnography and related qualitative research that relies on naturalistic observation or fieldwork, `getting in', or accessing a research population or site, receives considerable attention, as do data collection and analysis and writing-up. Yet despite the recent increase in ethnographic publications and methodological sophistication across the globe, scant attention is paid to `getting out', or leaving the field. The exploration in this article stems from unexpected challenges to `getting out' that a team of nine researchers experienced during a five-year, five-city ethnographic research project in the USA. Given the growing emphasis on reflexivity in ethnography, the expanding mandates of institutional review boards, and the vigorous theoretical and methodological debates taking place in many countries, increased attention to `getting out', from multiple theoretical and epistemological perspectives and locations, could enrich the ethnographic research enterprise. 10.1177/1473325008100423 IS - 1 JF - Qualitative Social Work EP - 26 TI - `Getting Out' in Ethnography: A Seldom-told Story VL - 8 SP - 9 KW - 2009 KW - ethno AU - Iversen, Roberta PY - 2009/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473325008100423 ER -