This short one-act play addresses the criticisms of postmodern ethnography by Hammersely and others. It suggests that much of the criticism reflects misinterpretations of the new work. Critics are challenged to become more open-minded in their evaluations of alternative ways of doing critical qualitative inquiry.
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