Shane, the Lone Ethnographer: A Beginner's Guide to Ethnography

By Sally Campbell Pirie

Shane is at it again Follow our intrepid heroine as she learns what makes ethnography tick against the backdrop of the Great American West complete with cowboy hats, cattle stampedes, and cacti.

Shane, The Lone Ethnographer is an entertaining, step-by-step introduction to ethnographic research. Join graduate student Shane as she embarks on her first research project and learns the definition of ethnography, how to come up with her research question, and how to design her study. Along the way, Shane is joined by a talking armadillo, ghosts of ethnographers past, and her good friend Sanjay, who take turns teaching her different theoretical frameworks, how to conduct ethical research, and how to write ethnographically.

This is the perfect - and only - comic book introduction for the novice researcher.

New to This Edition:
- A new chapter seven focuses on arts-based ethnographic research and other "new" ethnographic turns, including climate ethnography, autoethnography, digital ethnography, and multi-species ethnography to introduce students to the latest trends in ethnographic research
- A stronger emphasis on decoloniality in ethnographic research throughout the book acknowledges the history of the field and offers tips on how to decolonize research
- A newly expanded and updated research ethics section takes a deeper dive into informed consent, tribal IRBs, and how we protect different vulnerable populations
- Updated information and practical instruction in ethnographic writing include an introduction to freewriting and a breakdown of different ethnographic writing styles
- A new section on best practices and considerations for technology and data organization introduces students to audio, video, and other tools and techniques in the field (such as drawing )

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GRXBK8HV
• ISBN13: 9798216276807
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"