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Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw. Writing Ethnographic

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Chapter 2!In the Field: Participating, Observing, and Jotting Notes!!

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Chapter 3!Writing Up Fieldnotes 1: From Field to Desk!!

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