information about human culture: ethnography and ethnology. Each approach has a specific goal. Each approach employs a variety of methods for data collection and analysis‚ all of which carry benefits but also challenges. Along with the challenges of data collection‚ field anthropologists face an additional set of logistical‚ emotional‚ and ethical obstacles. Anthropology is a difficult field but provides an important perspective on cultural diversity. Ethnography and Ethnology both attempt at reaching
Premium Anthropology Cultural anthropology Culture
Ethnography is defined as “A branch of anthropology dealing with the scientific description of individual cultures.” (Dictionary.com 2017) We’ve read two ethnographies so far that explores the culture of two different groups of people in two very different ways: “Culture and the Senses: Bodily Ways of Knowing in an African Community” By Kathryn Linn Geurts and “Real Black: Adventures in Racial Sincerity” By John L. Jackson. Both authors exploring each culture differently but were still able to magnificently
Premium Culture Holy Spirit Sense
The Status of Starbucks For my ethnography project‚ I decided to observe the Starbucks on Rockside Road in Independence‚ Ohio. My plan was to observe the subculture of Starbucks’ customers. A subculture is defined as a “structured social inequality or‚ more specifically‚ systematic inequalities between groups of people that arise as intended or unintended consequences of social processes and relationships.” My question was twofold. Does Starbucks appeal to certain social statuses? And if so‚
Premium Starbucks Coffee Espresso
Greektown Ethnography I took a trip to Greek town Casino in Detroit Michigan with my father‚ this trip was something of an unexpected trip but I figured it was a great place to observe the behaviors of many different cultures as Greek town casino is the home of a multicultural society. I wanted to observe the behaviors of those between African American’s and Caucasian persons. I wanted to see if one race over the other tended to gamble more or if one culture got more aggressive
Premium African American Gambling White American
within the WTW program can provide people with the skills to be people self-sufficient? What part does the employer play in the success of immigrants retaining gainful employment? Ethnography is the study of social interactions‚ behaviors‚ and perceptions that occur within groups and communities. The central aim of ethnography is to provide insight into a particular group’s views and actions through the collection of detailed interviews and observations. A strong emphasis is placed on exploring the
Premium Employment Management Human resource management
This auto-ethnography will examine my personal experiences working in various roles within the Australian corporation‚ Woolworths‚ over the course of the last five years; focusing primarily on the similarities and differences I’ve been witness to within different divisions of the company. My aim is to provide an insider’s perspective that outlines the culture of the company by examining its’ structure‚ purpose‚ values and practices. Using my own observations I will look at individual roles‚ training
Premium Motivation
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
Premium Amish
ANT 2000 Tattoo Ethnography The individual I am going to be interviewing is a twenty-two year old African American male originally from Miami‚ Florida but moved up to Gainesville‚ Florida to attend school and major in Architecture. He is currently working as a security guard at North Florida Regional Medical Center. The description of the tattoo is a picture of two dices and flames surrounding the letters MAR which is a nickname the individuals’ mother gave him; and the tattoo is located on the
Premium Tattoo Tattooing Mother
Madison Cerda Interpersonal Communications Ethnography Report Social Penetration Theory October 1‚ 2012 As I began this assignment I wasn’t completely sure what concept I was going to observe. In result‚ I went to a location without knowing what exactly I was looking for‚ I just observed my surroundings immensely. As I sat there in Starbucks for over an hour I felt a bit out of luck since nothing was catching my eye that would relate to a concept that we had learned about within the past
Premium Talk radio Coffee Scientific method
Auto-Ethnography Vincent Verduzco Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Abstract The methods of writing vary in people almost as much as fingerprints are different. This paper‚ hence the title‚ studies the way that I write. The sample of writing the study is being conducted on is an essay that I wrote using a prompt which asks the effects that technology has had on society over the years; with an emphasis on the recent years‚ meaning the past ten to fifteen years with the start of the
Free Writing Writing style