The first edition of this book identified and discussed major landmarks every ethnographer and potential ethnographer encounters. After its 13th printing it was time to revise and update this work.
The second edition takes a step further into a new frontier -- the Internet. The Internet is one of the most powerful resources available to ethnographers. This edition provides insights into the uses of the Internet, including conducting searches about topics or sites, collecting census data, conducting interviews by "chatting" and videoconferencing, sharing notes and pictures about research sites, debating issues with colleagues on listservs and in on-line journals, and downloading useful data collection and analysis software. These tools are rapidly becoming indispensable to ethnographers today.
The third edition is in progress and will further updated these rapidly changing web tools, ranging from Google Docs & Spreadsheets to Skype (telephony) and Zoomerang (online survey software).
Here are a few examples of the resources discussed in the second edition:
NUDIST
Software
CU-SeeMe Videoconferencing
Software
CU-SeeMe Videoconferencing Software
MicNotePad
Software
MapsOnUs Web
Site
In addition to providing basic steps in the process of doing ethnography, this edition highlights links to the net like the ones listed on the following web page. Click here to link to an updated page about ethnography and ethnographic tools on the web.
I hope this book will be a useful guide for the initiate, a valuable tool for the teacher, and an enjoyable refresher for the experienced ethnographer.