ethnography

ethnography — noun этнография …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

Ethnography — Eth*nog ra*phy, n. [Gr. ? nation + graphy: cf. F. ethnographie.] That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Ethnography — Anthropology Fields Archaeology Biological anthropology Cultural anthropology Linguistic anthropology Social anthropology …   Wikipedia

ethnography — ethnographer, n. ethnographic /eth neuh graf ik/, ethnographical, adj. ethnographically, adv. /eth nog reuh fee/, n. a branch of anthropology dealing with the scientific description of individual cultures. [1825 35; ETHNO + GRAPHY] * * *… …   Universalium

Ethnography — The study of specific human cultures. The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of human cultures. Ethnography sprang from social anthropology and first focused on small communities that shared culturally specific… …   Medical dictionary

ethnography — eθˈnɔɡrəfɪ сущ. этнография этнография ethnography этнография …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

ethnography — The direct study of society through observation and interview is usually called ethnography, or sometimes ethnology (minzuxue). In China this has been limited largely to study of ethnic minorities; study of the Han has been considered part of… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

ethnography — 1) Общая лексика: народоведение (см. этнография) (same thing Geifmantis), полевое исследование (qualitative research method often used in the social sciences, particularly in anthropology and in sociology), этнографические методы (в некоторых… …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

ethnography — noun Etymology: French ethnographie, from ethno + graphie graphy Date: 1834 the study and systematic recording of human cultures; also a descriptive work produced from such research • ethnographer noun • ethnographic or ethnographical adjective • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

ethnography — сущ. соц. этнография (наблюдение и описание социальной организации обществ путем полевого исследования; часто относится к изучению малых сообществ; стала источником развития культурной антропологии и других направлений социологии) See: social… …   Англо-русский экономический словарь