Representing some of our finest established and emerging scholars on the subject of ethnographic research, this collection tackles the perplexing issues and questions today's ethnographers face: Should ethnographies be about the ethnographer, the research community, and/or the surrounding community? What is unique about how compositionists conduct and write ethnographies? How can ethnographers negotiate among the roles of cultural workers, co-researchers with informants, and/or objective scientists?

Through analysis of their own research, contributors self-reflexively explore why we, as graduate students and faculty members, select particular ethnographic approaches.