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    The ethnography that caught my eye was “With No Direction Home: Homeless Youth On the Road and in the Streets” by: Marni Finkelstein‚ is an interesting and in depth look into the world of homeless youth‚ showing the reader the progression of the homeless youth and the tactics they use everyday to make this a lifestyle they chose. The Ethnography primarily takes place during the summer months and the homeless youth that Finkelstein interviewed and took information from were mostly based in the East

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    topicArticleId-26957‚articleId-26844.html Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia. (2013). Cultural anthropology. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_anthropology Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia. (2013). Ethnography. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnography Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia. (2013). Sociology. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology

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    In his selection titled‚ “Introduction: Partial Truths‚” James Clifford asserts that ethnographies present “Partial truths” and‚ as such‚ are not entirely valid. According to Clifford‚ “Even the best ethnographic texts - serious‚ true fictions - are systems‚ or economies‚ of truth. Power and history work through them‚ in ways their authors cannot fully control” (p. 7). Due to these historical constraints‚ it is impossible for anthropologists to assert the ‘full’ truths about a culture and confidently

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    Qualitative Research is a form of social inquiry that focuses on the way people interpret and make sense of their experience and world in which they live. In the words of Atkinson et al.(2001) it is an "Umbrella term"‚ and a number of different approaches exist within the wider framework of this type research. The main aim of most of the approaches is to explore and understand the social reality from the point of view of the individuals in the social context in which they live. The Qualitative methodology

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    com/od/Research/a/Participant-Observation.htm Crossman‚ Ashley‚ 2014‚ secondary analysis‚ About.com‚ retrieved from http://sociology.about.com/od/Research-Methods/a/Secondary-Data-Analysis.htm Wikipedia‚ 2014‚ Ethnography‚ retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnography Crossman‚ Ashley‚ 2014‚ Ethnography‚ About.com‚ retrieved form http://sociology.about.com/od/E_Index/g/Ethnography.htm Crossman‚ Ashley‚ 2014‚ cross-cultural comparison‚ retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/branchesofpsycholog1/f/cross-cultural

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    Cafe Di Mara Analysis

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    Introduction For the Mini Ethnography‚ I’ve chosen Cafe Di Roma which is a cafe that serves specializes in coffee but also provides food and it is located in Shangri-La‚ Between two bridges in the city of Abu Dhabi. The roles that participate in this scene are very limited but that doesn’t mean that this scene is not rich in culture; In Addition‚ this scene includes two vital roles which are that of the staff and the customers. This ethnography aims to study and examine culture from the perspective

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    Katherine Dettwyler‚ is an ethnography about child nutrition and development in Mali. While conducting her ethnographic fieldwork‚ Dettwyler had to remain completely impartial and any avoid any ethnocentric feelings that she experienced‚ as well as practicing cultural relativism. Cultural relativism is the principle that people should not judge the behaviour of others using the standards of their own culture‚ and that each culture must be analyzed on its own terms. This ethnography assisted a reader in

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    In these week’s non-experimental topic I choose the ethnography observation rather than applying naturalistic observation. Naturalistic observation could be the most appropriate method to study autistic children’s behavior‚ since observations could be conducted in their typical settings where they could freely interact (Bordens & Abbott‚ 2011). However‚ naturalistic observation have some limitations that would delay the results of the study. For example‚ being this one my first research‚ I would

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    believe the “Dance of the Call Bells” is a qualitative study. Ethnography was used in this study‚ and it is a qualitative method of research. (Rebar & Gersch‚ 2015). “Ethnographers listen to what people say‚ and observe what they do‚” (Deitrick‚ 2006). The study focused on subjective information‚ observing and interviewing people in the context of the problem addressed. 3. Define ethnography and the possible benefits of using ethnography?

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    Nacirema People

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    The Nacirema people‚ living in the territory between the Canadian Creed‚ the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico‚ and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles‚ are a group of Northern Americans who have chosen to live their lives in a strange manner. There is a main premise to their choice of lifestyle and that is to rid the body of its ugliness and natural tendencies towards debility and disease. (p. 503). The Nacirema people have devoted their lives to deterring these features of themselves through ritual

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