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7 - Best, Worst, and Good Enough

Lessons Learned from Multisited Comparative Ethnography

from Part III - Distant and Fluid Comparisons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2020

By
Jennifer S. Hirsch ,
Holly Wardlow ,
Daniel Jordan Smith ,
Harriet Phinney ,
Shanti Parikh  and
Constance A. Nathanson
Edited by
Michael Schnegg  and
Edward D. Lowe
Michael Schnegg
Affiliation:
Universität Hamburg
Edward D. Lowe
Affiliation:
Soka University of America
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Summary

In this chapter, the authors trace out the “natural history” of an intensely collaborative multisited comparison, which was distinct from many other comparative research projects because research at each site was carried out by a PhD-level anthropologist who was involved in the scientific development of the project rather than only in the implementation of a centrally directed project. It draws on their experiences with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a large, US National Institutes of Health–funded multisite project, to discuss ways in which that comparative research could have been even more powerful, things that future comparative research should strive to avoid, recommended best practices, and what the authors would call “minimum adequate” approaches to comparative ethnography.

Keywords

multisited ethnographyHIVmarital infidelitypublic health researchcollaborative researchVietnamUgandaNigeriaMexicoPapua New Guinea
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Comparing Cultures
Innovations in Comparative Ethnography
 , pp. 155 - 179
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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