Exploring Everyday Life: Strategies For Ethnography And Cultural Analysis (Hardcover)

The Numerous Tasks And Routines That Shape Our Daily Existence Can Seem Mundane, Even Invisible-And Yet They Play An Extremely Powerful Role In Structuring And Reproducing Society. Exploring Everyday Life Casts Light On These So-Called Trivialities, Serving As Both A Guide To The Invisible World Of The Everyday And An Instruction Manual For First-Time Explorers. Ehn, Lofgren, And Wilk Demonstrate How To Use A Broad Array Of Ethnographic Tools To Discover, Map, And Document New And Unexplored Territories And Guide Readers Through The Process Of Cultural Analysis. Their Concrete Examples Shed Light On How A Study Or Paper Assignment Can Evolve And Point To How Cultural Analysis Of Everyday Life Can Be Practically Applied In Business, Government, And Other Arenas Outside Of Academia.