Speaking with Names In the beginning of this article‚ the first point that is mostly stressed is ethnographers. He tries to emphasize that they’re study points should be more than just a language. He believes that in order to understand they’re custom and traditions they need to take into consideration the land in which they live in. Here are a couple examples of what he says about it. “In other words‚ one must acknowledge that local understandings of external realities are fashioned from local
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12:00 Section September 16‚ 2012 Grasping Different Life Anthropologists are consistently trying to understand different cultures and the way people think‚ act‚ and feel. Some experience the different cultures through filed studies‚ living amongst the people allowing them to study and act like one of them. For others‚ this involves studying historical content and observing the people from a higher vantage point. This technique allows them to study their actions from a distance‚ but Clifford
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According to the textbook‚ ethnomethodology is “the study of the commonsense knowledge that people use to understand the situations in which they find themselves.” For this requirement‚ I had to “break the rules” during a specific activity and observe the results. I chose a rather safe approach to this requirement‚ breaking the rules of how I should behave when speaking to someone. I tried this out on two people‚ my boyfriend‚ and an acquaintance. Usually‚ it is not expected and probably considered
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Basseri ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Introduction The Basseri are a nomadic‚ pastoral tribe of the Fars region of present-day Iran. They have formerly been part of the so-called Khamseh confederation. The area that the Basseri migrate in is the steep mountains of South‚ East and North Shiraz. The "tent" is the basic unit of social organization among the Basseri. All tents have a recognized head that deals with the formal officers of the tribe‚ villagers‚ and
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What has Denise Levertov’s poem‚ “In Thai Binh (Peace) Province” clarify for you about history and memory. Levetov’s poem “In Thai Binh (Peace) Province” shows how sometimes the collective memory that is the history of a society is used by those within that society as a substitute for a lack of personal connection. This inevitably clouds not only the individual’s perception of the event but also hides the truth‚ and also becomes part of the collective memory. This perpetual motion of fallacies via
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communicating between members in a small organization. By using ethnography of communication‚ the researchers did fieldwork and interviews to discover how humor link coworkers together on a typical work day. According to Hammersley and Atkinson‚ “the researchers were interested specifically in humor in organizations and how it forms a particular way of communicating.” (p.g 285) Also in the article‚ they explain researchers using ethnography of communication to discover the study through three simple
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Mini-Ethnography The chosen group for my mini-ethnography has been on football fans behaviour before‚ during and after two afternoon Barnsley FC games (one against Blackburn on 26/12/2016 and the other against Birmingham on 31/12/2016) both held at home in Oakwell Stadium. Each observation period was of an approximate 2.75 hour time span and followed the same route. Before and after the game this includes walking down surrounding streets accompanied by a mixture of home and away fans and then -
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The reason that I choose this article is because it relates to my own area of interest Ethnography and the study of culture-sharing groups. By taking this study I began to break it down into the characteristics of qualitative approaches: Focus: The article is very successful in defining who the target group for the study is to the reader. This study presents our perspective on writing an ethnography using Van Maanen’s (1988) realist‚ confessional‚ and critical tales. But our narrative is
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Amber “Bina” Cox Taherzadeh Holmes English 1302 March 13‚ 2012 WA 2: Project Proposal In our class this semester‚ we are working on writing using ethnography. I have chosen to use a restaurant for my ethnography project. I want to show how the staff of a restaurant forms their own community with in their work place‚ which sometimes carries out into the general community. I think that I will be able to prove that not only do they form their own community but also they develop bond with each
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Mini Ethnography: Part 1 In my ethnography I’m going to study a coffeehouse chain‚ such as Starbucks. I will be observing as well as socializing in attempt to compare and contrast multiple characteristics one must have to face in working in such an environment. At Starbucks the Baristas must have a genuine upbeat personality to each customer. I would like to study a locally owned coffee house as well to compare the different environments and how one might keep a small business afloat when we have
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