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Phenomenology vs Ethnography - What's the difference?

phenomenology | ethnography |

As nouns the difference between phenomenology and ethnography

is that phenomenology is (philosophy) a philosophy based on the intuitive experience of phenomena, and on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as consciously perceived by conscious beings while ethnography is (anthropology) the branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.

phenomenology

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

  • (philosophy) A philosophy based on the intuitive experience of phenomena, and on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as consciously perceived by conscious beings.
  • (philosophy) A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by .
  • Derived terms

    * heterophenomenology * phenomenological * phenomenologically * phenomenological reduction * phenomenologist * postphenomenology * postphenomenological English words suffixed with -ology

    ethnography

    Noun

    (ethnographies)
  • (anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.
  • Synonyms

    * descriptive anthropology

    Holonyms

    * anthropology