Computational ethnography: A view from sociology

Brooker, Phillip ORCID: 0000-0003-1189-4647 (2022) Computational ethnography: A view from sociology. BIG DATA & SOCIETY, 9 (1). p. 205395172110698.

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Abstract

<jats:p> This commentary elaborates on the ideas and projects outlined in this special issue, from a specifically sociological perspective. Much recent work in sociology proposes ‘methods mashups’ of ethnography and digital data/computational tools in different and diverse ways. However, typically, these have taken the form of applying (with or without tweaks) the principles of ethnography to new domains and data types, as if ethnography itself is stable and immutable; that it has a universal set of methodological principles that unify ethnographic practice. Returning to anthropology (whence, arguably, ethnography originally came) is, therefore, a useful way to extend our methodological thinking to (re)consider what ethnography is and how it operates, and from there think more clearly about how it may be effectively combined with digital data/computational tools in an emerging ‘Computational Anthropology’. </jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ethnography, digital methods, philosophy of social research, anthropology, sociology, digital methodologies
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law and Social Justice
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	24 Jan 2022 16:27
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:19
DOI:	10.1177/20539517211069892
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3145299