Nalini Sharma Professor Moran Anthropology 102 December 3‚ 2013 Ethnographic Fieldwork Assignment: FINAL RESEARCH PAPER The subject of our research topic were homeless people. We had chosen this topic out of curiosity and wonder about the cause behind homelessness. Our hypothesis was that alcohol and drugs play an important role and are the leading cause of homelessness and expected more males or an individual homeless person. To conduct our field research we had gone to The Samaritan Center
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country to country. When a company tries to globalize their business and break into a foreign market‚ the firm must take many precautions in order to adhere to the country’s many social and cultural rules. In order to succeed in any foreign industry‚ extensive research is required‚ possibly in the form of an ethnographic study. Biznes (Business) Consulting will give a presentation to the board of a Canadian construction company who is considering expansion into the Polish market. The report is designed
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For my ethnography project‚ I will choose to study the life of a restaurant located a couple of blocks from my apartment. The name of the restaurant will be anonymous‚ so I will just refer to it as “Restaurant X‚” in addition‚ I will call the employees in this project by other names to protect their privacy. The main purpose of this ethnography is to compare the norms of the employees when the manager is present at Restaurant X and when he or she is absent. Norms are the behavior within a
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Description A masquerade ball party is an event which the attendees are all in elegant dress wearing a mask. The title of our event is unmasking breast cancer. The theme will be masquerade ball. Our fantastic masquerade themed party nights will bring a scene of intrigue and illusion. This theme would create a memorable and terrific atmosphere. II. Event Objectives As mentioned above‚ our event theme and title is involved around breast cancer. This event revolves around raising awareness of breast
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An Ethnographic Study Macy’s Employees Social Performances In my ethnographic study‚ I apply theoretical concepts developed by Erving Goffman in The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life to the behavior of employees in the retail department store‚ Macy’s. Goffman (1959) argues that social interactions in everyday life can be understood as presentations between performers and audiences. Within social establishments‚ he suggests four analytical frameworks may govern how performers stage their “characters”
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Danielle Zayit Dr. Miller Psych 243 April 26‚ 2012 Campus Event Paper ! On April 25‚ 2012‚ I attended a presentation by Elizabeth Seale about ‘Examining the Physical & Reproductive Experiences of Low-Income Women’. Seale’s conducted a research about how women with low income suffer because they don’t receive the right treatments from doctors or physicians. Her study consisted of white low income women with different ages‚ mental illnesses‚ family violence and past substance abuse. The
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Hung Truong ENGL 098 01/23/2013 Remembering an Event In Vietnam‚ just like here in the United States of America there are many holidays. But Vietnamese New Year is the biggest traditional holiday of the year. It is the first and last moments of a year and it’s a time for families to gather all together on New Year Eve with the firecrackers‚ special food. This also is the opportunity for students like me to meet old friends after one year abroad‚ to
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| Learning English Describing a person Author: | sanya | Copyright: | Can use | Corrector’s skills: | Native‚ Perfect | Tags: | Describing a person | Language: | English | Progress: | processing: 0‚ ready corrections: 1‚ remains corrections: 0 | He is thirty five. He resides in a small apartment in the south of California. He has dark short hair‚ dark thick eyebrows and deep-set brown eyes with short straight lashes. He has a middle-sized nose‚ which is a bit hooked. He has a wide
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Picking a cultural event for my critique assignment wasn’t easy for me. There were so many different types of events to consider that choosing only one was difficult because there are so many forms of art that I have an interest in‚ almost every type. I looked around and found an event which I chose to attend because it offered a variety of art forms. I would identify this event as a musical concert‚ a play‚ a comedy‚ and a visual art show all in one! This spectacular event was the 6:00 pm performance
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EVENT MANAGEMET PROJECT SAKHARKAR BAZEGA Z. T.Y.B.SC (RM) 55 EVENT MANAGEMENT PROJECT (SOCIAL GATHERING) 2012-2013 SOCIAL GATHERING On women’s day Gathering means a group of people together in one place and social gathering means a gathering for the purpose of promoting upliftment of the society/fellowship. A social gathering is an informal user generated event for those interested in social entrepreneurship
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