Thick Description is an interpretive ethnographic description that not only records observable social actions but also systematically situates them within the meanings, intentions, and contexts as understood by participants, thereby making their cultural significance intelligible to outsiders.
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Rethinking the Economy with Thick Description and Weak Theory
Katherine Gibson · Current Anthropology · 2014 · 340 citations
Close Reading and Thin Description
Heather Love · Public Culture · 2013 · 207 citations
Humanities, History, Sociology +11
Elizabeth Quinlan · Qualitative Inquiry · 2008 · 169 citations
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- JQJoseph Quinn Raab
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
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1 publications
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La Salle University
Philadelphia, United States
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1 publications
27 citations
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
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158 citations
University of New Hampshire
Durham, United States
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University of Stirling
Stirling, United Kingdom
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University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
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University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
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169 citations
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Qualitative Inquiry
QI · 3 publications · 323 citations
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CA · 2 publications · 356 citations
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 2 publications · 109 citations
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- The Hastings Center Report
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