The Purpose of the Research and How the Research Was Done In “Organizational Culture in a Successful Primary School: An Ethnographic Case Study‚” Ayse and Musa (2013) embark on an insightful examination of the culture of a successful primary school through a case study. In the study‚ the authors note the significance of culture in organizational effectiveness. They acknowledged the power of culture within a regulatory framework based on its processes and products within an organization. Apart from
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Ethnographic Observation I chose to do my Ethnographic Observation at the Hare Krishna temple in Spanish Fork‚ Utah. I chose this location because I thought it would be the best place to observe different behavior and cultures. It is also close to my home‚ and I had never had a chance to explore it. The Hare Krishna temple is a very interesting location to observe. The grounds are very large‚ and the temple itself is beautiful. There is a sort of corral next to the temple
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Humans are naturally biased‚ we try to find comparisons with new situations and contrast them to our own environments. Ethnographic fieldwork involves‚ in a certain sense‚ dissociating from the comforts of our own cultures in order to immerse ourselves in the “comforts” of another. There are benefits and obstacles to this hands on course of field work. First‚ as stated above‚ Humans are biased. We will almost certainly hold our own cultural values as a standard‚ to which the culture we are studying
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Ethnographic films have focused on one key component‚ reality. It is the goal of ethnographic filmmakers to do their best to try to‚ in their minds‚ to the best of their abilities‚ express that perfect representation of the real. According to Peter Loizos‚ real[ism] “appears as it does in real life” as if the camera is an unseen observer; “Realism is life as it is lived and observed” (Loizos 165-66) and reveals the “whole bodies [...] whole people [...] whole life” (Loizos 7). That reality can only
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Raybeck describes several adventures and misadventures involving field research in his account of the year and a half he spent in Kelantan. He also discusses the understanding‚ humility and scars that these experiences may leave behind. Raybeck provides in-depth descriptions of Kelantanese society and culture. He addresses topics such as political structures‚ the status of women‚ kinship‚ linguistics‚ and economics. Additionally‚ he demonstrates for us how challenging yet rewarding anthropological
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the option to conduct ethnographic fieldwork with the culture as long as the research does not pose a risk to you or anyone else. You may not conduct ethnographic research with drug dealers‚ drug users‚ anyone who is breaking the law‚ pimps‚ prostitutes‚ children‚ the mentally ill‚ people with eating disorders‚ the homeless‚ axe murderers‚ gangs‚ addicts‚ recovering addicts‚ or anyone else who is going to get you killed or me fired. If you do decide to conduct ethnographic fieldwork‚ you must get
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the theory mentions that the mental apparatus can be divided into conscious‚ unconscious‚ and Pre-Conscious. Then the Topographic theory was then replaced with the structure theory‚ this theory states the mental state consists of the id‚ ego‚ and super ego. The id exists at the beginning of birth which is the basic natural instincts. The ego develops as someone ages consisting between urges and the external world‚ and is based on the “reality principle”. The super-ego is related with ego and has
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While writing allows single out a common thread to many events‚ a film is bound to display the unique moments captured by the camera. To miss out on certain occurrences‚ due to technical issues linked with the use of a camera‚ reduces the possibility of being objective through film‚ as all aspects of social reality may not be presented. In order to address this problem‚ certain producers have distorted reality‚ thus not creating a simple account of fieldwork experience. Particularly‚ Nanook of the
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The location I chose for my ethnographic essay was The Museum of Modern Art‚ commonly known as the MoMA. I traveled to the museum on Saturday‚ March 6th‚ 2017 and arrived at 3:11 pm. Surprisingly this museum was quite small at least in comparison to the grand museums I’ve visited in the past. The exhibit that I focused on was their ongoing collection gallery that displayed art from the 1880’s through the 1950’s. I chose this particular exhibit because whilst walking through the museum that this was
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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 collection: interviews‚ observation‚ and documents. This in turn produces
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