EtWashington‚ TaNazjha word count 1338 Ethnography Project With this observation project‚ the goal is to get out of your comfort zone and go into places we have never been before. We should come to an understanding of a particular ritual which is being done rather we agree with it or not. The ritual I have chosen is attending a strip club. In a strip club there are performers who take off their clothing while dancing to music. The performers get paid through tips they get from their customers
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Brooke A. Dunn History of Popular Music in America Ethnography #1 Mountain Heart and The Westbound Rangers at Cumberland Caverns Upon arriving at Cumberland Caverns‚ I really had no idea what an experience I was about to embark on. It was the simplicity of two Roots music bands performing in nature’s beautiful Volcano Room of the Cumberland Caverns that provided a sense of authenticity and realness that I had never experienced at any other show. The Westbound Rangers added a very young
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Anthropology 110 Ethnography Paper April 10th 2013 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down It was typically Hmong for patients to appear passively obedient – thus protecting their own dignity by concealing their ignorance and their doctor’s dignity by acting deferential – and then‚ as soon as they left the hospital‚ to ignore everything to which they had supposedly assented” (page 68). This quote by author‚ Anne Fadiman‚ of ethnography The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down demonstrates quite
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THE AMISH COMMUNITY BY: Lori Burris Instructor’s Name: Chad Goings ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (AVL1237D) 10/15/12 The Amish are religious separatists who dress plainly and avoid many convinces of modern life that you may know. The Amish are known widely for horses and buggies for transportation‚ they came to America in the eighteenth century from Switzerland. They evolved out if the Mennonite groups coming from the Anabaptist tradition. The Anabaptists urged a return to
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reform-minded Mennonites began called‚ The Amish. Their simplicity lifestyle‚ ways of living and unique beliefs set them apart from other cultures. Evolving agriculturalists cultivating soil‚ producing crops‚ raising and hording livestock‚ classifying the Amish as Horticulturalists‚ is their identified primary way of subsistence. We‚ as Americans‚ primarily buy foods and handmade products from The Amish. As customers‚ it’s vital to know about The Amish way of living‚ traditions‚ and how they withstand
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Amish community I think I wouldn’t have done anything different because I don’t think I would have known how to prepare myself. It’s like when you have never left a state before but you are leaving to go out of state. The first time I left the state ever I didn’t know what to do or think but it was a shock to see mountains and different weather. I think the only way to prepare yourself for a culture shock is to do a little research to prepare yourself to eat like they do‚ and see how they
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the campaign‚ this creates a huge amount of stress and pressure for success. While nothing can eliminate the stress of the countdown to Election Day‚ the proper organization of a political campaign can avoid some unnecessary challenges. For my ethnography I decided
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A couple weeks ago‚ I accompanied my friend‚ Pala Agustin‚ for a day of work at her family’s restaurant‚ Banig. To be quite honest‚ I was not expecting to learn as many things as I did learn on that trip. Firstly‚ I was expecting to learn more about the fast food and food service culture‚ but to my surprise I learned more about the culture of the people who owned the restaurant. Being a close friend of Pala’s I had an emic perspective in the whole experience;
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The Amish Culture The Amish are a fascinating people. They live surrounded by cities full of technology. Yet they live without automobiles‚ electricity‚ and most modern comforts that are taken for granted by many. Donald Kraybill asks the question “How is it that a tradition-laden people who spurn electricity‚ computers‚ automobiles‚ and higher education are not merely surviving but are‚ in fact‚ thriving in the midst of modern life?” Though they do not have all of the technology that we
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The old order Amish are an Anabaptist culture. This means the Amish believed in adult baptism instead of infant baptism like many other religions. According to Greska‚ there was a book found in many Amish homes describing how hundreds of Amish were brutally executed for their religious beliefs. Around 1693 the Amish separated themselves from the Mennonites because the Mennonites believed in shunning excommunicated members of the church. After the separation‚ the Amish traveled throughout many German
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