Finding an Ethnography Topic & Possible Concerns – Murchison CH. 2 and 3

These two chapters brought up some good guides to both finding the ethnography research question/topic and how to best keep track of your ideas. As someone who loves and is used to writing scientific research papers, I had to think a lot about what my ethnography topic could be. This is interesting considering how the paper states that ethnographers can spot a question for research anywhere, yet I struggled to come up with one. In addition, I think it is important how the book emphasizes that the ideas and notes should be organized. I noticed this is something that is very helpful in ethnography (after all, field notes are the core component of such a paper).
Choosing an ethnography question/topic is difficult because it dictates your entire paper. That is why I appreciate how these two chapters broke down things to think about when brainstorming it, especially some of the things that should be avoided.

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