Ethnography Essays

Kisliuk’s paper, “(Un)Doing Fieldwork: Sharing Songs, Sharing Lives” deconstructs the idea of writing fieldwork ethnography in favor of documenting field experience. Kisliuk begins defining “the field.” She feels that fieldwork might draw an ethnographer further away from real life, whereas field research or experience is more encompassing of the “vulnerability and responsibilities of human relationships” (Kisliuk 1996, p. 24). Kisliuk states that researchers in the field are constantly experiencing

hand? Ghodsee collected experiences and research over the span of a time from 1989 to 2009 and used this to produce a book of essays and short stories. Some of these are ethnographic, while some remain fiction. In her work Lost in Transition: Ethnographies of Everyday Life after Communism Ghodsee attempts to illuminate an often misunderstood or overlooked phenomenon: sometimes, those that are "freed" from communism actually prefer not to be. The narratives drawn out from Ghodsee 's experience are

The data collected from ethnographic research is mostly qualitative data, so the absence of quantitative data is a limitation to this method. Although ethnography does not produce quantitative data, it is an insightful method which helps understand the experience of the individuals observed. As Dominick and Wimmer (2014) explain: “Data analysis in ethnographic research follows the same patterns as other forms

recording field research. Additionally these articles question the idea of ethnographies being solely reported through intellectual analyses, and pose the idea of incorporating and taking into account more human emotions, or affect, of the cultures being studied. John Jackson’s paper “On Ethnographic Sincerity” discusses his opinion on why anthropologists need to approach ethnographic research with more sincerity. Ethnography is defined as “practices, methods,

Film Discussion Paper 1: Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology Ethnography is one of the techniques used by anthropologist to gather, interpret and analyze information on a particular society or culture (Kottak, 2011). Ethnography requires that the researcher actually conduct in-depth field research, which means living, working and pretty much experiencing life the way their subjects are, this is termed as participant observation. In the first video the researcher wanted to study artisan cheesemakers

Book Review, Enforcing Order by Didier Fassin Approaching the ongoing policing situation in Paris, which is similar to that of America, where police officers are portrayed as “racist pigs”, rather than people who are just simply trying to make the streets safe is not an easy task. Through his ethnographic work, Didier Fassin is able to portray an ethnographic study in one of the largest precincts in the Paris region. Fasin attempts to prove that police work isn’t simply enforcing the law; rather

Ethnographies present the accumulation of an anthropologist’s research with a basis from real data from real people. Methodologies become core concepts to how the research is conducted, whether via long term observational field work, interviews with the anthropologist’s informants, or most often, a blend of such techniques. However, the positionality of the researcher greatly influences ethnography, as it allows a variety of ways for how the research can be conducted, as well how it may be presented

The content of this course is well organized, and the readings move students through the course smoothly. Moreover, students can review sample writings from previous students, and conduct peer reviews to assist each other in becoming better writers and understand the writing process. Each reading assignment gave me a better understanding and awareness of how writing works, as well as how writing changes depending on the purpose, audience, and situation. My theory about writing, as well as what

carried out from an ethical, sociological and political standpoint. I will be using existing methodologies, primary research and I will use a range of secondary document sources, both formal and informal as well as personal records to illuminate my ethnography of Lord Howe Island (e.g. official documents, documentaries, videos, newspaper and journal articles, government reports, and life histories). This paper attempts to build on Ellis’s (2004) and Anderson (2006) approach to autoethnography ‘that draws

In a 2008 article of Athletic Insight titled “Listen Up! The Experience of Music in Sport – A Phenomenological Investigation.” Lacey Sorenson et. al were attempting to consider the role of music in sport. They did so by taking a phenomenological approach, which is an approach that focuses more so on the subject’s consciousness and their own direct experience, where they observed seven Division 1 athletes, of which four were male and three were female, as their main source of data. As the phenomenological

Bushwick is one of the oldest neighborhoods in New York City. It was founded as one of the strongest blue collar community and has always been a working class neighborhood. Modern day Bushwick, once belonged to the Native Americans which was later purchased from them for the Dutch settlements. The early settlers of this Brooklyn neighborhood were Dutch, French, Irish, Russian, Jewish, Scandinavians, and English farmers from the Plymouth Colony. After the purchase of the land was later officially

researcher and the participants. Garcia and Quek (1997) stressed that researcher’s interpretations play a key role in this kind of study bringing “such subjectivity to the fore, backed with quality arguments rather than statistical exactness” Therefore, from all the above viewpoints, it is clear that interpretive methodology is a theoretical framework or perspective which is mainly based on the idea that the behaviour of social actors in social context can be understood by the meaning that social

While the universal cliche in regards to looking at a photograph is “a picture tells a thousand words,” the questions we should truly be asking to ascertain what those words really mean are what is the context of the messages being asserted, and whether or not the language behind these “thousand” words is the same for all of us. In simpler terms, what I am trying to say is not all images are interpreted alike. Whether it’s from looking at a photograph at an art gallery, the news, or on our phones

Rhetorical Analysis on an Exposia of Nursing Ethics In the essay “ Nursing’s Code of Ethics, Social Ethics, and Social Policy,” Marsha D. Fowler explains the history of Nursing ethics and what should be utilized in today’s society. Fowler explains to her readers what nurses should promote within the healthcare field. The purpose of her essay is to persuade her audience, whom are Nurses or someone who has background knowledge, into taking action. In order to explain the importance of ethics,

Identification is a principle of Thomas Eriksen’s, which rationalizes his theories of anthropology. This refers to the degree to which people associate and identify with themselves and others. These connections are based on different mechanisms individuals come in contact with. Identities, whether of individuals or groups, are produced, maintained, and transformed. Eriksen discovers various theoretical perspectives that deal with identity formation, including constructions of "the normal." Anthropologists

Vishan Neupane Professor Ritu Khanduri ANTH 2322-002 1 December 2017 Ethics, fieldwork and anthropology Anthropology is a global discipline which involve humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Cultural anthropology studies the contemporary human cultures and how these cultures are formed and how they shape the world around them. When exploring the community, anthropologists learn about matters that their informants would prefer to keep their identity secret which leads them to protect

In the discussion about the issue: “Does globalization threaten cultural diversity?”, I am more likely to believe that the diversity of the world’s cultures is not endangered by the process of globalization. It cannot be denied that globalization has some bad effects on the variety of cultures in the world, it will not put these cultures at the extinction risk because besides the bad things, globalization does helps develop the cultural diversity and all cultures are different from each other by

“The Free Radio,” by Salman Rushdie is a short story that describes societal expectations of gender roles in a traditional Indian culture. Ramani, a young rickshaw puller, is seduced by the beauty of the thief’s widow to undergo a government sterilization program for them to get married. The thief’s widow, already having five children alive and two dead, did not want to conceive any more children. Ramani was further convinced on complying with the widow when being told that participants were to be

Up until now, I have had very little cross-cultural experience in the course of my life. Beginning with the fact that both of my parents are Dutch and the fact that I grew up here, made me a fully Dutch citizen, both in terms of origin and education. I am born and raised in a small village in the Netherlands, called Bodegraven. My parents have not provided me with a cross-cultural background as they both grew up on Dutch farms. However, they took me on holidays to several countries in Europe and

Code-switching refers to the linguistic phenomenon that occurs when an individual who is either, bilingual or multilingual, alternates their dialect with various languages (Moodley, 2013:55). Associated with code-switching is the concept of Matrix language (dominant language) and the idea of when to use code-switching; whether it is conscious or subconscious. In terms of code-switching in the classroom, there are several aspects that contribute to the advantages of using different languages which