Ethnographic Upscaling

Exploring and Testing Hypotheses Drawn from In-depth Ethnographic Findings in Spatially Continuous Cases

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ID2407613
AutoresMichael Bollig (0000-0001-7133-6132, University of Cologne, autor correspondente), Michael Schnegg (0000-0002-7009-5389, Universität Hamburg), Diego Augusto Menestrey Schwieger (0000-0002-6874-9291, University of Cologne)
Ano2020
Volume32
Fascículo4
Páginas346-364
Data de publicação2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCAM (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1087-8513 • E-ISSN: 1552-3969
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1525822x20928879
OpenAlexW3034699848
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas36

This article introduces ethnographic upscaling, an innovative procedure to explore and test hypotheses drawn from in-depth ethnographic findings in spatially continuous cases. The approach combines the strength of localized ethnographic descriptions with questionnaire-based regional surveys to study the distribution of ethnographic findings across social groups by comparison. The approach was designed in the Local Institutions in Globalized Societies project. This anthropological long-term research project ran from 2010 to 2019 to explore institutional regimes for managing water in arid Namibia. The article describes how the ethnographic upscaling approach was developed and implemented, discusses some exemplary results, and offers a critical reflection on its shortcomings and potentials

Epistemology · Ethnography · Reflection (computer programming) · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Mining and Resource Management · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology