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Critical ethnography is a relatively recent development in social science research methodology. Situated within the broad ethnographic tradition, it reflects many of the characteristics of conventional ethnography. For example, it shares with much ethnography a reliance on the qualitative interpretation of data — examining particular social, cultural, or organisational settings from the perspectives of the participants involved. It also adheres to many of the core tenets of ethnographic methods, particularly the use of participant observation, where the researcher is both a participant and observer in the research setting.
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May, S.A. (1997). Critical Ethnography. In: Hornberger, N.H., Corson, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4535-0_19
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