ethnography
noun
eth·nog·ra·phy
eth-ˈnä-grə-fē 
: the study and systematic recording of human cultures
also
: a descriptive work produced from such research
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The Origins of Halloween Matthew Wills October 31, 2014
Halloween history and ethnography.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Oct. 2024
How can brands implement this? Capturing cultural insights usually combines qualitative methods like ethnography and semiotics with quantitative techniques such as social listening and data analytics, plus forward-looking tools like trend forecasting and scenario planning.
—Barrie Brien, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Breau is currently completing an ethnography of psychedelic spiritualities, including at Burning Man, and tells me that the majority of his sources are nones who were raised Christian.
—Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2024
At a time when big data looms large yet comes short in capturing the minute ways that COVID-19 alters daily life, the ethnography lab will help inject different ways of thinking about the pandemic.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2024
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Oct. 2024
How can brands implement this? Capturing cultural insights usually combines qualitative methods like ethnography and semiotics with quantitative techniques such as social listening and data analytics, plus forward-looking tools like trend forecasting and scenario planning.
—Barrie Brien, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Breau is currently completing an ethnography of psychedelic spiritualities, including at Burning Man, and tells me that the majority of his sources are nones who were raised Christian.
—Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2024
At a time when big data looms large yet comes short in capturing the minute ways that COVID-19 alters daily life, the ethnography lab will help inject different ways of thinking about the pandemic.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2024
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ethnography
noun
eth·nog·ra·phy
eth-ˈnäg-rə-fē
plural ethnographies
: the study and systematic recording of human cultures
also
: a descriptive work produced from such research
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