Writing Ethnography (Teaching Writing)

"The Teaching Writing series publishes user-friendly writing guides penned by authors with publishing records in their subject matter. While ethnographers inevitably write up their findings from the field, many ethnography textbooks focus more on the 'ethno' portion of our craft, and less on developing our 'graph' skills. Gullion fills that gap, helping ethnographers write compelling, authentic stories about their fieldwork. From putting the first few words on the page, to developing a plot line, to publishing, Writing Ethnography offers guidance for all stages of the writing process. Writing prompts throughout the book encourage the development of manuscripts from start to finish. Appropriate for both new and emerging scholars, Writing Ethnography is a useful text for qualitative methods, research methods courses across disciplines. "This is a must read for anyone who is learning about ethnography and is unsure about how to start writing." - Kakali Bhattacharya, PhD, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Kansas State University "I love this writer because she does her homework, cares about her readers, and writes a damn good story. Buy this book immediately." - Anne Harris, PhD, Senior Lecturer of Education, Monash University and author of Critical Plays: Embodied Research for Social Change and The Creative Turn: Toward a New Aesthetic Imaginary "In this foundational text, Gullion accomplishes the herculean task of talking about the overlooked process of ethnographic writing with an intimate tone. It is like we are seated at her desk writing along with her. This text will be required reading in my research methods courses and for my graduate students because of the meticulous breakdown of writing practice that creates a text that is both useful and engaging." - Sandra Faulkner, PhD, Associate Professor of Communication, Bowling Green State University and author of Family Stories, Poetry, and Women's Work and Poetry as Method: Reporting Research Through Verse Jessica Smartt Gullion, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Affiliate Faculty of Women's Studies at Texas Woman's University. She has published more than thirty peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, in journals such as Qualitative Inquiry, the International Review of Qualitative Research, and the Journal of Applied Social Science. She has also written two additional books, Fracking the Neighborhood: Reluctant Activists and Natural Gas Drilling with the MIT Press and October Birds: A Novel about Pandemic Influenza, Infection Control, and First Responders, which is part of the award-winning Social Fictions Series with Sense Publishers"- - Springer Annotation The Teaching Writing series publishes user-friendly writing guides penned by authors with publishing records in their subject matter. While ethnographers inevitably write up their findings from the field, many ethnography textbooks focus more on the 'ethno' portion of our craft, and less on developing our 'graph' skills. Gullion fills that gap, helping ethnographers write compelling, authentic stories about their fieldwork. From putting the first few words on the page, to developing a plot line, to publishing, Writing Ethnography offers guidance for all stages of the writing process. Writing prompts throughout the book encourage the development of manuscripts from start to finish. Appropriate for both new and emerging scholars, Writing Ethnography is a useful text for qualitative methods, research methods courses across disciplines. "This is a must read for anyone who is learning about ethnography and is unsure about how to start writing."--Kakali Bhattacharya, PhD, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Kansas State University "I love this writer because she does her homework, cares about her readers, and writes a damn good story. Buy this book immediately."--Anne Harris, PhD, Senior Lecturer of Education, Monash University and author of Critical Plays: Embodied Research for Social Change and The Creative Turn: Toward a New Aesthetic Imaginary "In this foundational text, Gullion accomplishes the herculean task of talking about the overlooked process of ethnographic writing with an intimate tone. It is like we are seated at her desk writing along with her. This text will be required reading in my research methods courses and for my graduate students because of the meticulous breakdown of writing practice that creates a text that is both useful and engaging."--Sandra Faulkner, PhD, Associate Professor of Communication, Bowling Green State University and author of Family Stories, Poetry, and Women's Work and Poetry as Method: Reporting Research Through Verse Jessica Smartt Gullion, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Affiliate Faculty of Women's Studies at Texas Woman's University. She has published more than thirty peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, in journals such as Qualitative Inquiry, the International Review of Qualitative Research, and the Journal of Applied Social Science. She has also written two additional books, Fracking the Neighborhood: Reluctant Activists and Natural Gas Drilling with the MIT Press and October Birds: A Novel about Pandemic Influenza, Infection Control, and First Responders, which is part of the award-winning Social Fictions Series with Sense Publishers The overarching goal of this book volume is to illuminate how research on science teacher identity has deepened and complicated our understanding of the role of identity in examining teacher learning and development. The collective chapters, both theoretical and empirical, present an array of conceptual underpinnings that have been used to frame science teacher identity, document the various methodological approaches that researchers have implemented in order to study science teacher identity within various contexts, and offer empirical evidence about science teacher identity development. The findings of the studies presented in this volume support the argument that teacher identity is a dynamic, multidimensional and comprehensive construct, which provides a powerful lens for studying science teacher learning and development for various reasons. First, it pushes our boundaries by extending our definitions of science teacher learning and development as it proposes new ways of conceptualizing the processes of becoming a science teacher. Second, it emphasizes the role of the context on science teacher learning and development and pays attention to the experiences that teachers have as members of various communities. Third, it allows us to examine the impact of various sub-identities, personal histories, emotions, and social markers, such as ethnicity, race, and class, on science teachers' identity development. The book aims at making a unique and deeply critical contribution to notions around science teacher identity by proposing fresh theoretical perspectives, providing empirical evidence about identity development, offering a set of implications for science teacher preparation, and recommending directions for future research Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Brief History of Ethnography....Pages 3-6 Why Ethnography?....Pages 7-9 Creative Nonfiction in Ethnography....Pages 11-13 What Makes a Story Great?....Pages 15-17 Evocative Storytelling....Pages 19-23 Vulnerability in Writing....Pages 25-29 Ethical Issues in Ethnographic Writing....Pages 31-34 Types of Tales....Pages 35-40 Reflexivity....Pages 41-43 Audience....Pages 45-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Story Arcs....Pages 53-58 Voice....Pages 59-60 Academic Fan Fiction....Pages 61-62 Writing the Voices of Our Participants....Pages 63-64 First, Second, or Third Person....Pages 65-67 Active/Passive....Pages 69-71 Adverbs....Pages 73-73 Show, Don’t Tell....Pages 75-78 Conversations....Pages 79-81 Characters....Pages 83-86 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Metaphorically Speaking....Pages 87-88 Vignettes....Pages 89-90 On Sounding Smart....Pages 91-92 Editing....Pages 93-97 Arts-Based Research....Pages 99-99 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 Putting Words on the Page....Pages 103-104 Writing as Process....Pages 105-106 Writing as Inquiry....Pages 107-108 Doing the Unstuck....Pages 109-111 Integrating the Literature....Pages 113-115 What to Call this Thing?....Pages 117-118 The Panic Attack....Pages 119-120 Framing and Publishing....Pages 121-124 Revise and Resubmit....Pages 125-126 Back Matter....Pages 127-147 Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section I: Writing Ethnographically -- A Brief History Of Ethnography -- Why Ethnography? -- Creative Nonfiction In Ethnography -- What Makes A Story Great? -- Evocative Storytelling -- Vulnerability In Writing -- Ethical Issues In Ethnographic Writing -- Types Of Tales -- Reflexivity -- Audience -- Section Ii: Narrative Structures -- Story Arcs -- Voice -- Academic Fan Fiction -- Writing The Voices Of Our Participants -- First, Second, Or Third Person -- Active/passive -- Adverbs -- Show, Don?t Tell -- Conversations -- Characters -- Metaphorically Speaking -- Vignettes -- On Sounding Smart -- Editing -- Arts-based Research -- Section Iii: Linger In The Scene -- Putting Words On The Page -- Writing As Process -- Writing As Inquiry -- Doing The Unstuck -- Integrating The Literature -- What To Call This Thing? -- The Panic Attack -- Framing And Publishing -- Revise And Resubmit -- Writing To Connect, Writing For Social Change -- Appendix I: Ethnographic Inspiration -- Appendix Ii: Additional Writing Guides -- References -- About The Author. Jessica Smartt Gullion. Includes Bibliographical References.