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    Bowling at one time throughout the 1950s and 1960s and for a few more decades following was the most popular participation sport in America. Today it still remains popular among Americans‚ but not nearly at the level it once was. For whatever reason a town’s bowling alley or alleys in some cases close‚ the community loses a little piece of its identity. Individuals within that community lose some of their own sense of belonging to a community. Also in this natural chain reaction people become less

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    Ethnography is a social science research method. It relies heavily on up-close‚ personal experience and possible participation‚ not just observation‚ by researchers trained in the art of ethnography. These ethnographers often work in multidisciplinary teams. The ethnographic focal point may include intensive language and culture learning‚ intensive study of a single field or domain‚ and a blend of historical‚ observational‚ and interview methods. Typical ethnographic research employs three kinds of data

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    In this research paper‚ Paul Booth and Peter Kelly carried out an ethnographic research on fans. Specifically they discussed the change that the advent of new digital technology brought to the world of fandom and to the shifting identity of fans. Their aim is to establish that despite the advent of new technologies fandom has not entirely changed its meaning but has expanded itself. This article has been published by an online Journal called “Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies”

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    Bowling is a very popular sport. It is an indoor sport that is played by rolling a ball down an alley with 10 pins. It is one of the popular sports in the US‚ where there are many recreational leagues. A game has 10 frames‚ and a bowler is allowed 2 ball in each frame. Knocking a pin earns the bowler 1 point. If the bowler topples all the pins with the first ball‚ it is known as a strike‚ and the player scores 10 points and the total of the next two balls. If a player clears the alley with 2 balls

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    ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH Ethnographic research: Overview Ethnography studies cultures‚ subcultures through close observation and interpretation. In the process of ethnographic research‚ the phenomenon is being observed by direct involvement of the researcher‚ finding ways and methods to take part in people ’s lives in order to be close to the cultural context. In this sense‚ ethnographic research has collaborative nature because the project would not be possible to realize without the targeted members

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    principles. I shall also look at the key research concepts of reliability and validity as they relate to ethnography‚ and will discuss the importance of context to ethnographic inquiry. In the final part of the chapter‚ I shall highlight some of the ’central concerns of this topic by contrasting psychometry and ethnography‚ The chapter seeks to address the following questions: • - What do we mean by ethnography? • - What are the key principles guiding ethnographic research? • - How might one deal with threats

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    many people‚ spook alley. Spook alley is a haunted tunnel that goes inside the middle school that has jump scares and a Halloween theme that really brings the community together. Though the event was muched loved and attended the school decided to cancel it because of some reasons. Even though spook alley was cancelled the school will still host a new event called raider dash‚ many people are upset at the change. Sherwood Middle School had parents help with the setup of the alley and eventually it

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    “History of BowlingResearch Paper Jeremy Isaiah Nettles Bowling (PHED) 136 -01 April 29‚ 2014 History of Bowling Bowling is a unique and interesting sport. Today it is one of the most popular sports in the world. A British anthropologist‚ Sir Flinders Petrie‚ discovered in the 1930 ’s a collection of objects that proves that bowling traces back to 3200 BC.  A German historian‚ William Pehle‚ asserted that bowling began in his country about 300 AD. There is substantial evidence that

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    BOWLING HISTORY An early form of bowling may be over 7‚000 years old. Contents of an ancient Egyptian grave have provided archeologists with evidence of implements used for playing a game similar to bowling. Polynesians participated in an ancient game of bowling using elliptical balls and round‚ flat stone disks. The game was called Ula Maika. Bowling at pins started as a religious ceremony and developed into a sport. Characteristics of bowling may be found in an Italian game called "boccie" and

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    Ashli Rice Cultural Anthropology Ethnographic Paper March 25‚ 2013 Jehovah’s Witness Arriving at the Jehovah’s Witness meeting I was very nervous about what was to come. I knew that nothing radical was going to happen‚ there was going to be now speaking in tongues‚ or dramatic rituals‚ but because I knew I was entering into a different belief something just did not feel right. Although the feeling of the meeting was not exactly comfortable‚ I learned a lot from my observations. On Thursday

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