Sociology 240- Ethnography Assignment 2 1 October 10‚ 2012 5:00pm- 5:40 pm New York Public Transit A train This paper will serve to report my observation on the New York City public transportation letter A train line. I see that a lot of people have headphones in their ears‚ reading magazines‚ reading books‚ newspapers and on their phones. The guy sitting next to me to my right is reading‚ had headphones in his ears and is casually dressed. There is a guy with a red sweater who is standing
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Ethnography Community As the High Line now is an iconic site in New York‚ there is a busy and nosy scene on it most of the time‚ day and evening. Different communities‚ visitors‚ business‚ and staff are engaging in various activities here. Visitors It could be seen that the High Line is a miniature of New York‚ which is home to different groups of people‚ professionals‚ students‚ labors and tourists‚ living or visiting the city every day. As can be seen in anywhere in New York‚ in the High Line
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the attempt of this organisation to create a coffee culture in T&T. This evaluation will then inform the argument of hybridization by demonstrating how cultures exchange elements with each other thereby creating new‚ hybrid identities. An ethnography study was conducted at Rituals Coffee House (Rituals) located in the city of San Fernando in T&T. The study was conducted between 12:00-1:30pm. Interviews were conducted on five customers to gauge how often they drank coffee and whether they believed
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Six Themes in the Ethnography of Prostitution Clare Sterk reports about women who work as prostitute. Most of these women worked in streets‚ crack houses‚ and other pubic places. Sterk came up with six themes in the ethnography of prostitution: 1) A woman’s explanation for why she joined the field 2) The four types of prostitutes are streetwalkers‚ hooked prostitutes‚ addicts‚ crack prostitutes 3) The role of the pimp in their life 4) The impact of the AIDS epidemic 5) The violence and abuse that
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It was my freshman year. I had been dancing for about three years when I was selected for our dance competition team. I felt ready. It eventually came my time to show everyone how hard I worked over the past few months. Hands shaking and heart racing‚ I took my first step onto that stage alone. I made it halfway through the performance before my mind went blank‚ forgetting my choreography. Thinking quickly‚ I tried to improvise the rest of my routine. Finally‚ the music went silent. Sitting in humility
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organizations globally known and recognized throughout the world and how it eventually affects our culture in general. For my ethnography study I have decided to explore probably the most famous coffee shop in the world - Starbucks. Having subsequently examined the theory of globalization‚ in my report I would like to reveal the features due to which this theory can be applied to Starbucks and to show how it really works in the real life. Company overview Website: www.starbucks.com Founded: 1971 Country
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Stacy H. Smith Comm-384-7501 Dr. Misner April 20‚ 2014 Ethnography of Cruisers Biker Bar . To conduct an ethnography we formed a group of three‚ which consisted of Mic Cahla‚ Daniel‚ and myself. As a group we decided to do our ethnography on biker bars. We choose to go to Cruisers on Thursday‚ April 17 and again on Saturday‚ April 19. We also tried to meet at Curley’s prior to meeting at Cruisers on Saturday‚ but it was too cold and windy for anyone to be outside on the patio‚ and if
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*When I chose Sociology as my major there were many things going on in my life. Around that time I was considering dropping my degree in Information Technology and school all together. For a good portion of my life I never could have imagined myself being a college student. In fact I did not wish to be a student. I only became a student because Georgia Military College was offering free tuition for students freshly out of highschool. That just so happened to fit my description at the time. So I signed
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Sociology is all around us‚ and by looking closely at it you are able to see how it has a deeper impact and shapes our lives. Society today has become fast paced and very reliant on technology‚ which has resulted in people’s lives changing and how we live them. I am greatly interested in whether or not our lives our becoming too modernised and if technology continues to expand in the way that it has been will there be a need for human skill and labour‚ as even the agricultural industry has become
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Foundations of College Writing November 9‚ 2013 The Brotherhood: Ethnography of a Firefighter In Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society‚ the writer’s‚ McCurdy‚ Spradley‚ and Shandy use the term “microculture” and define it as a culture associated with groups that form for a variety of reasons‚ but do not consume every hour of the member’s time (McCurdy 15). We learn that a microculture has its own language‚ behaviors‚ and standards that are shared amongst the group. People can be
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