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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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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I The focus of my study is the interactions inside a nursing home environment. I observed the social interactions between the elders and nurses‚ elders and family‚ and elders among other elders. The reason why I decided to study this particular group of people was primarily because my grandma currently resides in a nursing home. I also wanted to observe how elders keep up with relationships and social interactions when living in a nursing home. Although my grandma was at the nursing home where I
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1998. Ethnography is a social science research method. It relies heavily on up-close‚ personal experience and possible 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
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According to the world of oncology and being what is known as an Oncology Nurse Navigator‚ unfortunately‚ encounters with new patients seems to be more frequent than not. However‚ with the framework of Data‚ Information‚ Knowledge‚ Wisdom (DIKW) greeting cancer patients obtaining data and information can be an indicator of what could possibly be a barrier to their care. Considering patients that are told they have cancer can be overwhelming within itself‚ and giving them more information when I
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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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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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In this research paper‚ Paul Booth and Peter Kelly carried out an ethnographic research on fans. Specifically they discussed the change that the advent of new digital technology brought to the world of fandom and to the shifting identity of fans. Their aim is to establish that despite the advent of new technologies fandom has not entirely changed its meaning but has expanded itself. This article has been published by an online Journal called “Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies”
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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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