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Seth Kahn, a composition instructor who frequently teaches ethnographic writing, notes that ethnographers “observe, participate, interact, analyze, reflect, write, rethink, and describe cultures, their members, and [their] own involvements with them.”

Methods of Ethnography

• Fieldwork 
• The ethnographer spends an extended period of time with the chosen group, learning its routines and customs.Researchers observe and participate as members of the culture interact and go about their daily lives. This allows the researcher to understand cultural practices through experience as well as through observations and interviews.

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Students may be asked to employ ethnographic research methods to conduct short-term observations of a group and write an ethnography based on their observations.

Ethnographic Writing Resources

Seth Kahn, “Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context.” This is a great introduction to using ethnographies in a writing classroom for a student audience. The author explains the different kinds of writing involved in an ethnography and the process the writer will go through, from field notes to the final product. 

Sources Used

http://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/kahn--putting-ethnographic-writing.pdf