Researching global spaces ethnographically: Queries on methods for the study of virtual populations

Human Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-278

  Freidenberg, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Buenos Aires; conventional ethnography; ethnographic methodology; United States nationals abroad; virtual ethnography

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

EID: 80052204965     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.70.3.e1530767367tqn27     Document Type: Article

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