I see ethnography as a detailed picture of a certain time, place, and people that is contextual, with the potential to yield useful information about that time, place and people it studies. The shortfall is that the researcher determines what is important, and how to represent findings based on some sort of lens, whether consiously or subconsiously.
What I really like about ethnographies is that they allow a place for the participants voice(s) to be heard. This aspect represents what I think is the heart of social conrtuction. Ethnography embraces the fact that we all have a story that can influence another's story while also reshaping our own. The products of ethnograogy could be a collection of little "t" truths that could eventually lead to big "T" truths...maybe? Just some thoughts.
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