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Discovering Ink: A Mentor for an Historical Ethnography

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  • William Kornblum

    (The Graduate Center, City University of New York)

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Ethnographers often find that the discovery of a mentor, someone who generously unlocks doors and shares invaluable experience with a naive outsider, is a critical turning point in the research process. This article explores a mentor-investigator relationship in ethnographic research within the more specialized field of historical ethnography and through a case of historical ethnography: fieldwork in Chicago’s jazz and blues music scenes from August through October 1924, where the discovery of a mentor has brought an unexpected and original perspective to the research.

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  • William Kornblum, 2004. "Discovering Ink: A Mentor for an Historical Ethnography," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 595(1), pages 176-189, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:595:y:2004:i:1:p:176-189
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716204267484
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