Comparing Cultures : Innovations in Comparative Ethnography

With contributions from a global spread of scholars, this book is a timely guide to comparative ethnographic methods and tools, allowing qualitative researchers in a range of social scientific fields, such as anthropology and sociology, to ensure that their work is more contextually sensitive, and theoretically robust.

A new and important contribution to the re-emergent field of comparative anthropology, this book argues that comparative ethnographic methods are essential for more contextually sophisticated accounts of a number of pressing human concerns today. The book includes expert accounts from an international team of scholars, showing how these methods can be used to illuminate important theoretical and practical projects. Illustrated with examples of successful inter-disciplinary projects, it highlights the challenges, benefits, and innovative strategies involved in working collaboratively across disciplines. Through its focus on practical methodological and logistical accounts, it will be of value to both seasoned researchers who seek practical models for conducting their own cutting-edge comparative research, and to teachers and students who are looking for first-person accounts of comparative ethnographic research.