Karen O'Reilly

Okay, a blog can feel a bit like showing off, but I am excited to tell you I just read a nice review of my book here.

Ethnographic Methods, 2nd ed. Reviewed by Jordi Prats

‘There are people who think there is no need to teach Ethnographic methods to students, because they think they are an innate tool of any ethnographers’ research equipment. Karen O’Reilly, however, beautifully demonstrates in this book how much can be gained from teaching them. Had I read O’Reilly’s book when I did some amateur research on a group of Spanish traditional dancers once, I would certainly have done a better job…. ‘