Ethnographic methods for understanding practices around dementia among culturally and linguistically diverse people
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20084862 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eleonor Antelius, Mahin Kiwi (0000-0002-6420-1915), Lisa Strandroos |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 121-139 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Social Research Methods in Dementia Studies (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315517490-8 |
| OpenAlex | W2784465627 |
| ISBN | 9781315517490 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
This chapter introduces some general concepts and methods concerning ethnographic methods such as participant observations, the writing of field notes, video-ethnography and in-depth interviews. It analyses such methods with regard to dementia studies, revolving around people of varied cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The chapter provides the three authors' own experience – and pitfalls – as examples in order to discusses issues such as closeness/distance to one's informants; cultural competence vs. intercultural empathy; embodiment and ethical considerations. The goal of ethnographic research is to formulate a pattern of analysis, making sense out of human interactions in certain contexts, in a certain time. Participant observations are a commitment to adopt the perspective of those studied by sharing in on their everyday day-to-day experiences. Video-ethnography can be of great advantage while preparing for informal interviews, especially so if one interviews people with cognitive and/or communicational disabilities
Culturally sensitive · Dementia · Disease · Ethnography · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |