Abstract
Major criticisms of the increasingly popular ‘team ethnography’ include a limited
understanding of how teams consisting of multiple ethnographers actually share their experience of team-based ethnography, and that there is an associated lack of explanation how evidence and conclusions are drawn from such collective endeavour. This article attempts to address this absence of detail regarding the practise and conduct of team ethnography. In the following account, the authors present details of the design, development and application of ‘team ethnography process maps’ and the collaborative reflexivity that took place within ‘team ethnography data sessions’ that were each embedded within a mixed methods study of frontline services located in six different National Health Service Trusts throughout England (UK). After a presentation of the unique ethnographic methods and analyses that occurred as part of team ethnography, they are then discussed in terms of their applied and academic value from a methodological perspective.
understanding of how teams consisting of multiple ethnographers actually share their experience of team-based ethnography, and that there is an associated lack of explanation how evidence and conclusions are drawn from such collective endeavour. This article attempts to address this absence of detail regarding the practise and conduct of team ethnography. In the following account, the authors present details of the design, development and application of ‘team ethnography process maps’ and the collaborative reflexivity that took place within ‘team ethnography data sessions’ that were each embedded within a mixed methods study of frontline services located in six different National Health Service Trusts throughout England (UK). After a presentation of the unique ethnographic methods and analyses that occurred as part of team ethnography, they are then discussed in terms of their applied and academic value from a methodological perspective.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 556-577 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Ethnography |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 14 Nov 2021 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2021 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgementsThe authors thank the various reviewers who provided comments and feedback on earlier drafts of this article.
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research described in this article was funded by the NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme.
Keywords
- focused ethnography
- team ethnography
- team ethnography visual maps
- team ethnography data sessions
- qualitative health research
- National Health Service (NHS England)
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