02276nam a22002417a 4500 AUWbook029220 BDCtgAUW 20260730140500.0 260720s2004 ca ||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780759107526 (paperback) BDCtgAUW BDCtgAUW H62 .C236 2004 Campbel, Marie author. 91842 Mapping social relations : a primer in doing institutional ethnography / Marie Campbell and Frances Gregor. Canada : Alta Mira Press, c2004. 137p. : 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references ( pages 129 - 132) and index. This is a book about a distinctive methodological approach inspired by one of Canada's most respected scholars, Dorothy Smith. Institutional ethnography aims to answer questions about how everyday life is organized. What is conventionally understood as ? the relationship of micro to macro processes? is, in institutional ethnography, conceptualized and explored in terms of ruling relations. The authors suggest that institutional ethnographers must adopt a particular research stance, one that recognizes that people? s own knowledge and ways of knowing are crucial elements of social action and thus of social analysis. Specific attention to text analysis is integral to the approach as is a sensitive to gender relations. Institutional ethnography is remarkably well suited to the human service curriculum and the training of professionals and activists. Its strategy for learning how to understand problems existing in everyday life appeals to many researchers who are looking for guidance on how to take practical action. At the same time, the highly elaborated theoretical foundation of institutional ethnography is difficult to deal with in the brief time most students are in the classroom. The authors successfully tackle the issue of teaching and applying institutional ethnography. Campbell and Gregor have been testing out instructional methods and materials for many years. Mapping Social Relations is the product of that effort. Methodology of Social Sciences Research Methods 91843 Gregor, Frances author. 91844 8 Papia Akter lcc BK 0 0 0 lcc 0 0 AUWL AUWL GEN 2022-04-05 Karim International 5260.00 0 H62 .C236 2004 029220 2026-07-20 19:08:51 01 2026-07-20 BK 18743 18743 8