Humans are naturally biased‚ we try to find comparisons with new situations and contrast them to our own environments. Ethnographic fieldwork involves‚ in a certain sense‚ dissociating from the comforts of our own cultures in order to immerse ourselves in the “comforts” of another. There are benefits and obstacles to this hands on course of field work. First‚ as stated above‚ Humans are biased. We will almost certainly hold our own cultural values as a standard‚ to which the culture we are studying
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is true‚ and objective? If the films compare and analyze the context (religion‚ language‚ etc.) well‚ we call these kinds of films as ‘ethnographic’ films. A simple question can be appeared in our minds: which films are the ethnographic films? We will try to find an answer to this question with discussing the intentions‚ the wholeness and the ethics of ethnographic film-making. The films (or documentaries) are not naïve as we think. To find the reasons for making a film‚ we should ask questions
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the use of a camera‚ reduces the possibility of being objective through film‚ as all aspects of social reality may not be presented. In order to address this problem‚ certain producers have distorted reality‚ thus not creating a simple account of fieldwork experience. Particularly‚ Nanook of the North‚ now considered as the first staged documentary‚ is not a pure translation into film‚ of the Inuits’ lifestyle. Flaherty is said to "make it all up" according to his assistant Helen Van Dongen who does
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Ethnographic films have focused on one key component‚ reality. It is the goal of ethnographic filmmakers to do their best to try to‚ in their minds‚ to the best of their abilities‚ express that perfect representation of the real. According to Peter Loizos‚ real[ism] “appears as it does in real life” as if the camera is an unseen observer; “Realism is life as it is lived and observed” (Loizos 165-66) and reveals the “whole bodies [...] whole people [...] whole life” (Loizos 7). That reality can only
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Nalini Sharma Professor Moran Anthropology 102 December 3‚ 2013 Ethnographic Fieldwork Assignment: FINAL RESEARCH PAPER The subject of our research topic were homeless people. We had chosen this topic out of curiosity and wonder about the cause behind homelessness. Our hypothesis was that alcohol and drugs play an important role and are the leading cause of homelessness and expected more males or an individual homeless person. To conduct our field research we had gone to The Samaritan Center
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an anthropologist takes under the task of doing fieldwork he or she is taking on an overwhelming amount of obstacles one must overcome in order to record accurate information regarding a specific civilization. He or she must overcome many obstacles such as language‚ race and culture in order to even start a study on a specific culture. In the films "Shock of the Other" and "Margaret Mead and Samoa" we‚ as the viewer get to see how these fieldworks are done from a perspective myself‚ as a student
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Fieldwork Plan of Attack At my research site I plan on taking notes my in a small notebook so I could easily jot down notes as I see/hear things occur. On my notes I will make sure to include date‚ time‚ specific facts‚ numbers‚ sensory impressions and summaries of conversations. I will just jot down phrases or words to remember what I saw or something to easily trigger my memory. The elongated notes I will write them as soon as possible
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and Fieldwork Researchers throughout the world most often conduct practical work in a all natural environment outside their laboratory or office in order to experience in firsthand what it is to live outside the society they have been exposed to all their lives‚ and integrate into another civilization that imposes cultural traditions and policies that the researcher may have never been imposed to in the past. These types of works or studies that ethnographers conduct are called fieldworks; and
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For the fall of 2016‚ my fieldwork placement has been at a local group for individuals with Alzheimers and Dementia‚ as well as their caregivers. At stepping stones‚ there are roughly 15 participants in the program. Sessions are held once weekly‚ for 1.5 hours and includes a warm up activity‚ fine motor activity and gross motor activity. The model that I feel is reflected best from the program is PEOP. The activities are meticulously chosen specifically for the likes‚ dislikes and most importantly
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The facility I was assigned for my fieldwork is called North Jersey Elks Developmental Disabilities Agency. It is in a school setting and provides serves to children from preschool through age 21. The children in this school have various of different medical diagnoses such as Down syndrome‚ Rhett’s Syndrome‚ Autism‚ Cerebral Palsy‚ seizure disorder‚ and other complex developmental disabilities. The role of my supervising OT is to help children with complex developmental disabilities improve their
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