Question:
How to define holistic ethnography?

Answer: an ethnography is a study of people. whichever anthropological slant it comes from, if it describes a culture it is an ethnography. The problem is, many anthropologists study behaviour tradition and culture in a vacuum, looking at the group in isolation. or it focuses on division of labour, food preparation, magic rituals, response to globalisation, etc etc. holistic ethnography is looking at a group of people in a more encompassing way, looking at all facets, internal, external. the probem is that no ethnography is truly holistic. there is always a lense, a slant, a bias. and no anthropologist truly has access to all facets anyway. but it is helpful to try if you want to explain and not just describe.