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ETNOGRAFIA I JEJ WYBRANE ZASTOSOWANIA

TOMASZ KRUSZEWSKI

Institute of Information Science and Bibliology Nicolaus Copernicus University e-mail: [e-mail]

ETHNOGRAPHY AND ITS CHOSEN IMPLEMENTATION IN BOOK, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES

KEYWORDS: Ethnographic method. Book studies. Methodology ofbook, library and information studies. Cultural anthropology. Methodology of social studies.

ABSTRACT: The author discusses the ethnographic method of research popular in anthropology and sociology, often known as Fieldwork or, simply, ethnography. This meth-odological concept of scientific research process derives from two afore-mentioned branches of science, which results in researchers approaching some research procedures differently. However, it is a positive feature of ethnography, bringing appropriate condi-tions for the interdisciplinary approach to this method. Ethnography can also be applied to other disciplines, like economy, education or information and book studies, which is dis-cussed to some extent in the article.

Artykuł wpłynął do redakcji 9 maja 2008 r.