Towards a Participatory Ethnography: Representative Techniques as an Alternative Methodological Strategy

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https://doi.org/10.5377/raices.v2i4.7842

Keywords:

Social Anthropology , Ethnography , Representative Techniques , Cross-border context

Abstract

The ethnographic approach proposed in this article is placed within the participatory framework of community agents in the research process, establishing relationships of reciprocal cultural approach between the researcher and the community. The techniques that allowed the approach were denominated representative, which were presented as the compensatory advantage of the limited time of the statistics in the context and compare the product data of the interviews and the observations. The representative techniques were developed in a multigrade school with children between 8 and 14 years in Potosí, a fishing community Potosí in Punta Cosigüina, Chinandega. The results of this activity ceased to arise some important issues: family roles, family economy, uses of space, environment and social problems. In this way it is possible to understand the context, from the perspective of its protagonists.

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Author Biography

  • Luis Carlos Ariel Ruíz Chow, , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua - Managua

    Estudiante activo de la carrera de Antropología Social. Fotógrafo, editor de redacción de la página Historias con H y autor del blog: Realidad-es, en el cual aborda temáticas de interés social respecto a: política, historia, género, educación, infancia, violencia y vulnerabilidad social. Actual voluntario y coordinador del área de sistematización del Proyecto Ollas de Soya, Nicaragua.

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Published

31-05-2019

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Section

Etnografía, escritura y experiencias

How to Cite

Towards a Participatory Ethnography: Representative Techniques as an Alternative Methodological Strategy. (2019). Raíces: Revista De Ciencias Sociales Y Políticas, 65-73. https://doi.org/10.5377/raices.v2i4.7842

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