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Van Maanen (2011: 2) writes that “fieldwork is one answer–some say the best–to the question of how the understanding of others, close or distant, is achieved.” Ethnographers immerse themselves in a culture (typically) not of their own, to achieve an in-depth understanding of that culture.
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Gullion, J.S. (2016). Why Ethnography?. In: Writing Ethnography. Teaching Writing. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-381-0_2
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