family at Shake Shack restaurant. My family challenged me to try a cheeseburger. I thought a lot because it is a kind of junk food and I do not like that kind of food. Then I accepted the challenge to change my idea about food. My first experience in eating cheeseburger was amazing. I went with my family to Shake Shack in the evening. The restaurant was as crowded as a rush hour. We waited in line for fifteen minutes then we got a table. It is a small restaurant with a few tables‚ and
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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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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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The Pricing Strategies of Fast Foods vs. Restaurants Dateesha L. Cavin Webster University 28 April 2011 Abstract This paper explores the difference in pricing strategies of Fast Food vs. Restaurants. Fast food restaurants compared to sit-down restaurants are exceedingly popular because they prove to fit comfortably in our active‚ modern day lives. Today‚ many people eat fast food instead of cooking meals at home. The reason for this is that many of us are constantly busy with our daily responsibilities
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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
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We the people should think about using labels on restaurant and fast food menus. I think we should use them because it will really improve our health issues. The labels will show people how many calories they are getting or need. There are three reasons why I think we need labels on food menus. They are people consume 18% of their calories at home. The other one is 30 years later‚ which is these present days they have risen to 33% of calories received away from home. The last reason is some coffee
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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
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retailers and distributors‚ service business‚ transportation business and utilities (Wikipedia). Restaurants and fast food chains are included in service businesses. A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drinks or the so-called meals‚ which are generally eaten on premises‚ to customers in return for money. It originated from Ancient Rome where thermopolia‚ small-restaurant-bars‚ offered food and drinks to the costumer. A
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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
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