ethnographies

Clarification of terminology is important- methodology is a set of guidelines, while methods are techniques to gather and analyze data. It seems that methodologies are not clear cut, they do overlap; at this point it is hard for me to know for sure which guidelines go with which methodology. I understand that there are several aspects that guide a researcher on what methodology or approach to take: 1) the research question; 2)the inquiry type(subjective or investigative); 3)the epistemological and ontological orientation of the researcher. I was wondering if I could do a research study starting from a subjective view point (auto-ethnographic) view point and then expand ethnography to other people to investigate their view point and experience with regards to one particular cultural situation. Would that be a comparative hermeneutic quasi ethnographical study? I was wondering if any of you had a chance to read something along the lines I just described.

August 2014

Today, August 24, 2014, I started this blog. This is going to help me record and share my learning journey, especially the path to learning more about qualitative research. I am interested in the idea and "self' and "other" , the "I" and "thou", and the multiple identities(new learning) one develops in relationship and jointly with the other(where the other is either another person, creature, nature, experiences, etc.). I am all about synallosgnostic learning -creating knowledge jointly  and in interaction with the other. Notice synallosgnostic is not a word yet :)