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A Dialogical Approach to the Problem of Field‐Site Typicality

A Dialogical Approach to the Problem of Field‐Site Typicality THE TYPICALITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS studied by anthropologists is a key methodological issue for those who deal with complex, differentiated urban systems. This article describes a video‐stimulated, multivocal solution to the problem of ethnographic field‐site typicality. As an example of this approach, the article reveals how the reactions of audiences in six Japanese cities to a video ethnography of a day in a Kyoto preschool worked to produce awareness of regional, class, and ideological differences in Japanese society, (ethnography, videotape, Japan, preschool) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City & Society Wiley

A Dialogical Approach to the Problem of Field‐Site Typicality

Tobin, Joseph
City & Society , Volume 6 (1) – Jun 1, 1992
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Wiley
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Copyright © 1992 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0893-0465
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1548-744X
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10.1525/city.1992.6.1.46
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Abstract

THE TYPICALITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS studied by anthropologists is a key methodological issue for those who deal with complex, differentiated urban systems. This article describes a video‐stimulated, multivocal solution to the problem of ethnographic field‐site typicality. As an example of this approach, the article reveals how the reactions of audiences in six Japanese cities to a video ethnography of a day in a Kyoto preschool worked to produce awareness of regional, class, and ideological differences in Japanese society, (ethnography, videotape, Japan, preschool)

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City & Society – Wiley

Published: Jun 1, 1992

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