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  title info:
    title: Savings and credit associations
    sub title: reflecting on ethnographic research in South Africa
  name:
    name part: Peters, Beverly
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2019
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: The research described in this case study used an 18-month ethnographic design to uncover local-level perspectives of informal savings associations in South Africa's Limpopo Province. Through a comparative case study, this research found that women in the two Venda villages under study used four different types of informal savings associations to maintain control over their income. This case study explores the evolution of the research design, from conceptualization, to proposal, research, and data analysis, to show how the use of ethnographic methods provided insight into the operations of the savings associations in the villages. The research embraced a qualitative design, where the researcher aimed to gain an emic perspective by adopting the methods and techniques used by ethnographers. The case study discusses the researcher's experiences using several methods including participant observation and open-ended, semi-structured, and focus group interviews, and surveys. These methods all fed into each other, influencing the line of inquiry throughout the research, making the design an iterative process. The researcher reflects on lessons learned, including preserving data, early and constant analysis, the sequencing of methods, and ethical issues. This case study concludes with a reflection on the skills needed to use ethnographic methods effectively.
  target audience: specialized
  note: Beverly Peters.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: f-sa---
  subject:
    topic: Savings and loan associations
    topic: Research
    geographic: South Africa
    geographic: Limpopo
  subject:
    topic: Ethnology
    topic: Research
    geographic: South Africa
    geographic: Limpopo
  subject:
    topic: Associations d'épargne et de prêt
    topic: Recherche
    geographic: Afrique du Sud
    geographic: Limpopo
  subject:
    topic: Ethnologie
    topic: Recherche
    geographic: Afrique du Sud
    geographic: Limpopo
  subject:
    topic: Ethnology
    topic: Research
  subject:
    geographic: South Africa
    geographic: Limpopo
  classification: HG2156.S6 P48 2019
  classification: 332.32
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SAGE Research Methods
      part name: Cases
  identifier: 9781526478276
  identifier: 1526478277
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: SGPBL
    record creation date: 190103
    record change date: 20240923170143.5
    record identifier: in00005492969
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng