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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The article “Ethnography of Global Connection” by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing shows the economic methods and their study to the global interconnections. Moreover‚ the book represents the image of the world connection in a global economy. It describes perfectly how countries clash with different characteristics of other economies into their own; by starting gradually to become more dependent on one another for the only reason- the economic growth. This article includes interesting facts and observations
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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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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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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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Abstract This essay describes the job of a tattoo parlor and the tattoo artist‚ and the interaction between the artist and the customer. The description is of a normal day where I visit Blue Moon Tattoo‚ watch a lady being tattooed‚ and receive a tattoo of my own. I describe the complete day in the parlor‚ from watching a woman find the perfect tattoo‚ to watching her getting the tattoo. Along with the description‚ the main point of this essay is to explain how people can actually be comfortable
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The Rite of Spring’s choreography and music combination kept me yearning for more. I most enjoyed the extremely emotional movements because they drew me in and made me ponder the underlying meaning of the dance. This dance was by far the most expressive one presented all semester. The frantic and sudden movements that interchanged with the soft and gentle movements flowed together and portrayed a frantic‚ yet elegant message. The type of mixed emotional energies and variation of movements is probably
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Ethnography Research of a Sub-Culture In the forgotten recesses of Camp Hovey‚ resides a small platoon of MP ’s‚ standing in small groups in the battalion motor pool‚ it must be 9:30 in the morning and its must be Monday‚ Feb. 13th. Behind the large HUMMWV ’s stands a small tight nit group of males‚ their ranks range in the e-4 to e-6 range‚ laughing together. This is the group that always stands away from the rest of the platoon‚ secluding themselves‚ forming a group within a group‚ or their
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In this text the author uses a system of ethnography to analyze the different interpretation of rock art (Lewis-William‚ 2012‚ p.22). The idea of animism‚ mythology‚ analogy and shamanism were discussed during this investigation (Lewis-William‚ 2012). The foundation of his research suggests that all communities that create rock art‚ place a cultural meaning behind the drawing and they can be unravelled (Lewis-William‚
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