Definition of ground for Students. 1  1 : the surface of the earth Leaves fell to the ground. 2  2 : 2soil 1, earth The beans themselves popped out of the ground. 3  3 : the bottom of a body of water The boat struck ground.  4 : an area of land sacred 1  ground. 5 : an area used for some purpose a hunting ground.
Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that involves comparative study of cultures and the analysis of that data to propose theoretical frameworks for better understanding cultural phenomena. Ethnographies are the studies that provide the raw data which ethnology analyzes to develop theories of culture.
Ethnography is a detailed and in-depth study of everyday life and practice. In other words, it is the systematic study of people and cultures. A researcher who is engaged in ethnography is known as an ethnographer. Ethnographers explore and study culture from an insiderâs point of view (emic perspective).