Discovering Ink: A Mentor for an Historical Ethnography

William Kornblum
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William Kornblum: The Graduate Center, City University of New York

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2004, vol. 595, issue 1, 176-189

Abstract: Ethnographers often find that the discovery of a mentor, someone who generously unlocks doors and shares invaluable experience with a naive outsider, is a critical turning point in the research process. This article explores a mentor-investigator relationship in ethnographic research within the more specialized field of historical ethnography and through a case of historical ethnography: fieldwork in Chicago’s jazz and blues music scenes from August through October 1924, where the discovery of a mentor has brought an unexpected and original perspective to the research.

Keywords: historical ethnography; fieldwork mentors; Chicago jazz (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716204267484

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