Synthesising (Beyond) Ethnographies—
Meta-ethnography Revisited
Sintetizovanje etnografija – propitivanje meta-etnografije
Author(s): Maroje VišićSubject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: meta-ethnography; metaphor; reciprocal translation; refutational synthesis; lines of argument; ethnography
Summary/Abstract: Meta-ethnography is an interpretive knowledge synthesis used for synthesizing data from ethnographic studies. It compares and analyses metaphors/data, creating a new interpretation or developing a new theory. Meta-ethnography was originally introduced by Noblit and Hare in 1988, and in the past thirty-five years, acquired popularity in different disciplines. But by today’s standards, the seminal text left stages of conducting meta-ethnography insufficiently described in terms of transparency and systematicity and being open to different interpretations. This paper aims to discuss and analyse seven phases of conducting meta-ethnography and to suggest how transparency and systematicity in each phase might be enhanced. The author acknowledges that meta-ethnography is still an evolving method and concludes that suggestions made in this paper may serve meta-ethnographers not as an anchor but as a compass in planning and executing each stage.
Journal: Етноантрополошки проблеми
- Issue Year: 18/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 157-177
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English