What does family mean to you? “People you share love with a guess. I don’t think that it means only blood relation. Friends can be family because you can become so close and trust each other‚” explained Bridgett Terry‚ the subject of my ethnography interview. What is family? She went on to describe that technically family is a social group made of parents and their children‚ whether they all live together or not. No matter where you are in the world‚ your family is always your family. It is not a
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William Carey International University Ethnography of the Amish Jason Fawks Mentor: Dr. Charles Jarvis Module 3A Ethnographic Paper July 2012 Introduction With the modernization of a large part of the world during the 20th century‚ almost all people‚ except for third world countries‚ have moved from an agrarian society to an industrialized one. There is one group of people
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Ethnography As a new teacher I have not be given the privilege to have my own classroom yet‚ but I was given the opportunity on two occasions to practice my teaching skills with students. These two experiences have given me so much insight on how a classroom is run‚ and what I need to do implement to have a successful and smooth running classroom. Growing up from a very diverse back ground has allowed me to be more open and accepting with my students. I feel that I can relate to many of them on
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Heather Dooley 10 Pound Balls We tend to think that bowling is a very simple and boring sport played by only older men. I did my fieldwork at a bowling alley during two different leagues to explore the different social interactions among bowlers. I learned that bowling is not limited to one specific age group or gender. I also discovered there is a unique hierarchy among the bowlers that is not determined by their age or gender. This social status is dependent upon their bowling average
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What is ethnicity? Ethnicities are the common characteristics of a group of people. As a large multi-national country‚ China is composed of 56 ethnic groups. My family is Han Chinese. Han people are majority people group in the China‚ account for 91.59 of the overall Chinese population according to the Fifth National Population census of 2000. I was born and grew up in China so I would account myself‚ identify as the full-blooded Chinese. I don not have the complicated ethnic background. However
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The Buddhist Experience Buddhism is a religion that focuses more on the individual and the actions of that individual‚ which was prevalent to me when I made my way into Portland and set foot in a Buddhist temple. The man I met within the walls of this temple was far from my stereotypical thoughts of Buddhist monks. The man I met looked like your plain old‚ average Joe‚ American man. Before I delve into the depths of my visit to this inspiring place‚ I need to sum up the Buddhist religion and why
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During independent work time‚ Mrs. Carey-Sweeney takes a small group of students‚ usually four to five‚ and works with them for 10-15 minutes on reading and comprehension. She strategically chooses the group based on the reading ability of the students. For example‚ there are a handful of students who excel at reading. She picks out more challenging books for them to read together during small group and then discusses the book with the children. They take turns reading each page‚ and ask higher-order
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My hometown is Tampa‚ Florida‚ according to the 2000 census data the city of Tampa consists of predominantly Caucasian and African Americans (Area Connect.) A large part of Tampa’s rich cultural history is thanks to the Cuban and Spanish settlers who established Ybor City in the late 1800’s and the establishment of a military base during the Spanish-American War and in modern times through MacDill Air Force Base being located in South Tampa (City of Tampa.) The information from Chapter 3 that intrigued
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Bryce Pettyjohn Fishing In The Modern World After an analysis of the sport of fishing‚ I have learned a lot about its discourse community and how people are involved in the sport today‚ and how the sport has effected the world today. My research started with the interpretation of several books related to the discourse community‚ which brought the attention of new information about professional fishing to the forefront of my research of the everyday life of the discourse community members.
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Бугрій І. В. Прийняла: доцент Бордюк Л.В. ЛЬВІВ 2015 Structural components: UK LINGUISTIC ETHNOGRAPHY: A DISCUSSION PAPER Coordinating Committee UK Linguistic Ethnography Forum 1 December 2004 0. Preface 1. Linguistics & ethnography 1.1 Ethnography 1.2 Linguistics 1.3 Ethnography in tension with linguistics 1.4 The limits of ethnographic description 1.5 Ethnographies of discourse 2. Linguistic ethnography in the UK 2.1 Academic connections‚ influences and antecedents in the UK 2.2 Research
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