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The approach combines archaeological evidence with ethnographic data to better understand how early humans lived and moved.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

Silverstein’s ethnographic approach to customer research helped form Coach’s marketing strategy to keep them coming after the trend waned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The items had been held in the Vatican Museum's ethnographic collection, known as the Anima Mundi museum.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

Matrilineal avuncularity is known from a few ethnographic and historical examples, he notes, such as the Iroquois of North America, and is often unrelated to concerns about female fidelity.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 3, 2024

David Braman’s ethnographic research shows that mass incarceration, far from reducing the stigma associated with criminality, actually creates a deep silence in communities of color, one rooted in shame.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander