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Heroin use in England : an (auto)ethnographic study of drug addiction / Stephen Wakeman.

By: Material type: TextSeries: SAGE research methods. CasesPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473951389 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.293072 23
LOC classification:
  • HV5809
Online resources: This case study reports on the methodological complexities of doing ethnographic research on heroin addiction when the researcher is an ex-heroin addict himself. The case provides an account of the difficulties of accessing and researching criminal/deviant populations, demonstrating some of the many potentials and problems to be found in adopting (auto)ethnographic techniques in the process. Ultimately, it is shown here that the links between the researcher's 'self' (past or present) and the subject studied can be usefully employed in social research to reveal new and illuminating ways of understanding research topics.
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This case study reports on the methodological complexities of doing ethnographic research on heroin addiction when the researcher is an ex-heroin addict himself. The case provides an account of the difficulties of accessing and researching criminal/deviant populations, demonstrating some of the many potentials and problems to be found in adopting (auto)ethnographic techniques in the process. Ultimately, it is shown here that the links between the researcher's 'self' (past or present) and the subject studied can be usefully employed in social research to reveal new and illuminating ways of understanding research topics.

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