Comparer des méthodes

	Ethnographie focalisée	Recherche-action
Domaine	Qualitatif	Recherche qualitative
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	Late 1990s–early 2000s (Knoblauch's systematic account, 2005)	1946
Auteur d'origine	Hubert Knoblauch (theorised and named); antecedents in applied medical and organisational ethnography	Kurt Lewin; expanded by Kemmis, McTaggart, Reason & Bradbury
Type	Qualitative research method	Method
Source fondatrice	Knoblauch, H. (2005). Focused Ethnography. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 6(3), Art. 44.	Lewin, K. (1946). Action research and minority problems. Journal of Social Issues, 2(4), 34–46.
Alias	problem-focused ethnography, short-term ethnography, rapid ethnography, focused field study	Participatory Action Research, PAR, Collaborative Inquiry
Apparentées	6	1
Résumé	Focused ethnography is a condensed, problem-centred variant of classical ethnography in which a researcher with prior domain knowledge enters a specific social setting for a bounded period — typically days to weeks rather than months or years — to study one clearly defined issue or practice. Developed as a response to the time and resource constraints of applied research, it is widely used in healthcare, organisational studies, and professional education, where the researcher's existing familiarity with the setting allows rapid, targeted data collection without sacrificing ethnographic depth.	Action research is a collaborative research methodology in which researchers work with practitioners and community members to investigate a problem, implement change, and evaluate outcomes, cycling through reflection, action, and learning. Developed by Kurt Lewin (1946), action research bridges research and practice, aiming simultaneously to produce knowledge and practical improvement.