Beyond Storytelling into Ethnography

"A part of some whole" appears to be the theme in both the Moss and Lauer & Asher chapters.
I find the application with the triad of people, problems, solutions with multiplicity of observations and a "regrounding through continued observations" from L/A fits into Moss's acceptance of multiple realities. I find Moss's definition of ethnography in composition studies as communication behavior and interrelation of language and culture (K/S 156). Building on L/A's "qualitative holistic, contextual research...to describe and illuminate the context and conditions under which research is conducted"(L/A 46) ethnography and communication needs to find a place with picking a subject.
Florio & Clark talk about triangulation of observational, methodological, and theoretical methods as the key for combining and justifying multiple sources of data (42). Gertz's "thick descriptions" repeatedly mentioned by Moss requires good questions, reflection, personal, background, and researched knowledge, and where the ethnographers place themselves in relation to the subject.
Decoding strips of writing behaviors for nursing can be optional narrative, required computer and written subjective scripted choices, and auditing of segments of this data might be one applied example for L/A discussion. The difficulties and problems of immersed and inclusive ethnography studies is work and everyone will probably not attempt. For those who do, perhaps the lesson is not to generalize outside the studied group.
Some fun applications from application of language:
The S. Connery movie, Medicine Man, the dramatic moment of the strange fits the movie. Nuances of verbal communication build into the dramatic moment. The participant observer, contact person, and changing from observer to participant observer are found in this movie.
Linda Hogan's book Mean Spirit shows the changing use of oral into written communication by Native Americans. A reflective reading defines the many parts of a whole.
The Spoon River Anthology collection of poems(can't remember who wrote it) addresses the descriptions by an insider of the community. Just goes to show how everyone does not appreciate being observed and recorded.
Finally the visual image of Aretha Franklin's Hat @ the inauguration might require more explanation for an audience without the personal knowledge of "that little hat store in downtown Harrisburg's importance to the church going community of the 1990's".
All of these applications are grounded in a reality. Why the choice of subjects and environments are chosen, how data is collected, variables, role of the researcher, conclusions and reflections all build on studies that need an application.