In and out of focus

American Ethnologist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 805-826

  Kratz, Corinne A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Research methods; Development; Focus groups; Kenya ; Knowledge production

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349288437     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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