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The Ecocultural Project of Human Development: Why Ethnography and Its Findings Matter
Author(s) -
Weisner Thomas S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
ethos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.783
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1548-1352
pISSN - 0091-2131
DOI - 10.1525/eth.1997.25.2.177
Subject(s) - ethnography , sociology , anthropology , engineering ethics , social science , engineering
Ethnography produces believable findings that matter both to those we study and to the social sciences. Ethnography is best suited to understanding human development as an adaptive project of individuals and communities—that is, what families and communities are trying to accomplish to meet their goals in their cultural world, and the cultural pathways that are available for children to achieve those goals.