Socio-Cultural Challenges in Conducting Ethnographic Research among Ethiopian Street Youth

Authors

Patricia Guy Walls, Arkansas State UniversityFollow

Abstract

Little has been written on the personal experience of the researcher as it relates to data collection, data analysis and interpretation of results. Even more scarce has been knowledge that addresses the challenges and barriers faced by 21st century researchers engaged in ethnographic data collection amidst culturally diverse populations. The present work has addressed these gaps in the literature by detailing the personal, methodological and cultural challenges encountered by this researcher in a larger study which utilized a mixed method design to investigate homeless street youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Results indicated the need for social workers to possess an awareness of their own limitations and biases as it may relate to cultural differences.

Keywords

Field Notes, Qualitative Research, Homeless Street Youth, and Addis Ababa

Publication Date

5-1-2011

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2011.1091

Recommended APA Citation

Walls, P. G. (2011). Socio-Cultural Challenges in Conducting Ethnographic Research among Ethiopian Street Youth. The Qualitative Report, 16(3), 848-859. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2011.1091