The first textbook in Slovene on ethnographic mehod and methodology in ethnology and cultural/social anthropology. After the introduction with terminology follows the chapter on science and methods of research with accent on hermeneutic methodology. Then follow searching of sources and literature, participant observation, fieldnotes, ethnographic techniques (participant observation, interviews, observation of behaviour and experiments), analysis of qualitative data, writing of ethnographic and other texts and the chapter on use of theories in ethnology/anthropology.
D.10 Educational activities
COBISS.SI-ID: 254742784The author presents multiple paradigm research into the organisational culture of a birdwatching association, where he conducted his ethnographic research. On top of the functionalist, interpretive, radical structuralist and radical humanist paradigms as presented by Gibson Burrell and Gareth Morgan, he applies the fifth paradigm into the analysis of the organisation. The so-called complexity paradigm, which was formed in 1980's based on findings about complex systems and networks that emerged in natural and social sciences, summarizes all other paradigms, integrating them into a coherent unit. According to the author, the approach that exploits the benefits of each previously known paradigm illustrates comprehensively the complexity of organisational cultures, whereas the new paradigm upgrades our previous knowledge on organisations.
F.25 Development of new organisational structures and managerial solutions
COBISS.SI-ID: 44701538In the 18th century, the philosopher Jeremy Bentham designed a special building (panopticon), in which people living in cells could be constantly observed from a central "inspection house". The author suggests that a similar but much more extensive observation platform has been created by the development of the World Wide Web. The YouTube portal enables anyone to publish videos of private events and make them publicly available. In a mixture of exhibitionism and voyeurism, amateur pornographic videos, often made without the "actors" being aware, also find their way to internet portals. Another powerful instrument of mutual monitoring is the Google web search engine, which makes it possible to "stalk" people and monitor their habits. In addition, the search engine automatically records search terms, which ultimately reveal what an individual - as well as society as a whole - does and thinks.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
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