Short-term ethnography
In the text, the author mentions that “short-term ethnography” often understood as spending less time on a an ethnographic research as opposed to “long-term ethnography”. However, later it is mentioned that even though less time is spent in the “ethnographic place”, the researcher can have long- term interaction with the place with the help of technology. One can do further observation with audiovisual recordings. Long-term ethnography usually means “long hanging around” and waiting for something to happen. In case of short -term research it is important to emphasize with the people studied, try to do some of the tasks they do and use some of the products they do. Interviews can be important as well. The author argues against long-term ethnography, saying that in that case dialog usually only takes place at the end of the research while in case of short-term ethnography it usually takes place quicker and more focused.