Critical ethnographies from Houston: Distinctive features and directions

Brotherhood, Social Justice, and Persistent Deficit Ideologies: Latino Students’ Experiences in an All-male Catholic High School

“…An ethnographic approach grounded in critical principles (Darder, 2011;Darder, Baltodano, & Torres, 2008) makes it possible to not only detail the unequal distribution of resources for students often present within social structures, but also calls attention to the cultural ideologies and inequities that contribute to social reproduction (Carspecken, 2001). My research questions for this study focused on two significant aspects of the school, namely the culture and practices of the school.…”

Listening to Marginalized Women's Expressions of Anger (A Communication Study on the Use of Women's Language for Resistance in the Prostitution Boarding Quarter at Sunan Kuning, Semarang)

“…The core research methods used in this research are critical ethnography. A critical ethnographic traditionally begins with the assumption that contemporary society has a systemic inequalities which maintained and reproduced by culture [8]. Ethnographic research has a deep commitment to promoting equality in society and also a desire to create a better understanding of local knowledge of a specific community.…”

An investigation into the relationship between the 1997 Universal Primary Education (UPE) policy and regional poverty and educational inequalities in Uganda (1997–2007)

“…The transcriptions of the interviews followed closely what Carspecken (2001) calls searching for the 'critical issue' in the texts. The next step was to immerse in the data to allow for the meaning and the perspectives of the participants to speak for themselves.…”

“…The central question of this thesis: taking into account the above problem statement (1.6), conceptual framework (1.7), and the overall objectives (1.8.1) and, with reference to the critical ethnographic approaches (Carspecken 2001 andCreswell 2005), social constructionist (Burr 1995, andBerger andLuckman 1966) and the emancipatory paradigms (in Chilisa and Preece 2005;Lather 1991) is: whether the UPE policy reforms have eliminated the regional poverty and educational inequalities in Uganda, with evidence of a decade of UPE implementation (1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007) 1.10 Significance and Limitations…”

“…This calls for taking a stand or position in research and supporting the knowledge of the findings. Carspecken (2001) argues that this position could be objective, subjective or inter-subjective. Critical researchers take a stand, usually subjective, and celebrate their political orientation.…”