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Ta) dara seta ta TT ty a" See ee 3 Py Cu cr iia? stoio0 ween AQ|PIdS "4 SoWwer aaa ‘Uibrary of Congress Cataloging in Pbieation Data Spradiey, James P “ "The ethnographic interview Bibliography: p. 229. 1 Interviewing in ethno GN3463.566. 301202 T8.26426 ISBN 0.03-014496.9 Copyright © 1979 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston Al rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 45678 000 98765 OOP ee an ee eee ee ten underetanding: ‘age. A new appreciation for this unique approach to understanding ‘humankind has emerged among educators, urban planners, sociologists, nurses, psychologists, public interest lawyers, politi Cal scientists, and many more. There has come a profound realiza- 1: the people we study or seek to help have « way of culture of their own, Like a stream that rises slowly, Over its banks sending rivulets of water in many directions, the ethnographic revolution has overflowed the banks of ‘ogy. This stream had its beginning in field work exp places like the Kalahari desert, remote Micronesian \illages of New Guinea, and communities of Arctic Eskimo. No Tonger relegated to exotic cultures in far-olf places, ethnography hhas come home. It has become a fundamental too! for understand: ‘of the modern wortd, innesota, stands a large ‘During the school year understand this ordinary ethnography. She watched she observed them ways, and cating i special language and the participants’ point of view ethnography. the Mississippi River, when he broke fine accident. Physicians cal in @ wheelchair; although he works full 1¢ must depend on others for many of the us take for granted. A premed student in one of rested in the culture of “quads” and spent ‘many hours interviewing this man. He also visited other quads who ved in nursing homes and slowly came to understand life from oint of view, He did field work in another culture that had ‘applicability to his chosen fleld of medicine (Deveney 1974). 1 doing ethnography. Several years ago I became interested in alcoholism and the

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