เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	ชาติพันธุ์วรรณนาภาคสนาม	การสืบสวนเชิงพรรณนา
สาขาวิชา	เชิงคุณภาพ	การวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	Early 20th century (Malinowski 1922; Geertz 1973)	2000
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Bronislaw Malinowski; Clifford Geertz (interpretive tradition)	D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly
ประเภท	Qualitative research design	Method
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Geertz, C. (1973). The Interpretation of Cultures. Basic Books. ISBN: 978-0465097197	Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative inquiry: Experience and story in qualitative research. Jossey-Bass.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	fieldwork ethnography, immersive ethnography, ethnographic fieldwork, site-based ethnography	Narrative Analysis, Narrative Research, Life Story Method
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	6	3
สรุป	Field-based ethnography is a qualitative research design in which the researcher immerses themselves in a social setting or community over an extended period, observing and participating in everyday life to understand cultural practices, meanings, and social dynamics from an insider perspective. It is the classical form of ethnography, grounded in sustained physical presence at a research site, and distinguished from archival, virtual, or document-only approaches by its central reliance on direct, embodied fieldwork.	Narrative inquiry is a qualitative research methodology that treats stories and life narratives as primary data, analyzing how individuals construct meaning and identity through storytelling. Developed by D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly (2000), narrative inquiry examines the narratives people tell about their lives, experiences, and transitions, understanding that people make sense of experience through narrative.