Ethnography

Ethnography (Greek ἔθνος ethnos = folk/people and γράφειν graphein = writing) is a branch within anthropology and in sociology.[1] It is a methodological strategy used to provide descriptions of human societies, which as a methodology does not prescribe any particular method (e.g. observation, interview, questionnaire), but instead prescribes the nature of the study (i.e. to describe people through writing) [2]. In the biological sciences, this type of study might be called a "field study" or a "case report," both of which are used as common synonyms for "ethnography" [3].