importance of context to ethnographic inquiry. In the final part of the chapter‚ I shall highlight some of the ’central concerns of this topic by contrasting psychometry and ethnography‚ The chapter seeks to address the following questions: • - What do we mean by ethnography? • - What are the key principles guiding ethnographic research? • - How might one deal with threats to the reliability and validity of this type of research? • - Why is context important to ethnographic research? • - In what ways
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In this essay‚ I will argue that ethnographic museums privilege viewing‚ at the expense of other senses. I will further argue that by privileging the visual‚ ethnographic museums become problematic in two ways- firstly‚ by not accurately representing the cultures they are supposed to be exhibiting‚ and secondly‚ by limiting the experience of museum-goers who may be visually impaired or otherwise unable to visit museums that are purely mono-sensorial. After outlining and discussing the problems associated
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is true‚ and objective? If the films compare and analyze the context (religion‚ language‚ etc.) well‚ we call these kinds of films as ‘ethnographic’ films. A simple question can be appeared in our minds: which films are the ethnographic films? We will try to find an answer to this question with discussing the intentions‚ the wholeness and the ethics of ethnographic film-making. The films (or documentaries) are not naïve as we think. To find the reasons for making a film‚ we should ask questions
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ENGL102_3T Final Draft Crawfishing in South Louisiana The splashes of the freezing spillway mixed with the cold wind coming off the water sent chills down my back. I yawned‚ the loud purr of the tugboat next to us made it impossible to hear my uncle ask if I was tired. We were passing the train of barges right after we left the launch and were headed into the woods. I have done all this before. It was all familiar to me. The only difference was that I had never been out here this early.
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Ethnographic Interview: Taiwan Culture Experience 1 Ethnographic Interview: Taiwan Culture Experience Vntge Jayne Clark Atlanta University Communication Cultural Diversity‚ Professor Howell March 14‚ 2011 2 PRECONCEPTIONS Culture is defined as the traditions‚ customs‚ norms‚ beliefs‚ values and thought patterning passed down from generation to generation (Jandt 2010). The world consists of many different cultures. In
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Alexander Han Ms. Friedlander English 10 Honors‚ Pd.7 12 May 2011 Subway Station Standing in the subway station‚ people start to appreciate the place; almost to enjoy it. A boy looks at the lighting; a row of meager light bulbs‚ coated with filth‚ unscreened and bewitched to a yellow‚ stretched toward the black mouth of the tunnel‚ as though it were a bolt hole in an abandoned coal mine. Then he lingers‚ with zest‚ on the walls and ceilings‚ lavatory tiles which had been white about
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Name Date Ethnographic Observation I set out to find a place to begin my observations‚ not knowing what to fully expect‚ what I may find. So I decided to look around at what is close to my home that isn’t a place I frequent or have even visited at all. Then it came to me‚ the Starbucks that is only about a mile away is a perfect place for me to observe subjects that I would consider different from myself‚ seeing as how I consider such obscene prices for coffee ridiculous. Starbucks is a very
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Diploma in Business (Level 7) Manage marketing operations Unit 2932 (v4) Submitted to-Vanie Malhotra Submitted by- sukhpreet kaur Introduction:- The British Petroleum company of New Zealand was established in 1946. It was 51% Owned by the New Zealand Government and 49% owned by Anglo-Iranian oil. In 1995 the New Zealand Government sold their shares in British Petroleum to the company and in 1957 the name was changed to BP New Zealand
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formed the SUBWAY‚ a submarine sandwich restaurant. After 30 years development‚ Subway creates a sandwich empire through franchisee model and fast extent to 90 countries with more than 300000 restaurants in global range. Currently‚ economic crisis is impacted Australia and deeply bring the negative influence to Australia economic system. The data indicate Australia is involved in stagflation and unemployment reached the history record constantly. The report will addressed the issues of SUBWAY franchisee
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Ashli Rice Cultural Anthropology Ethnographic Paper March 25‚ 2013 Jehovah’s Witness Arriving at the Jehovah’s Witness meeting I was very nervous about what was to come. I knew that nothing radical was going to happen‚ there was going to be now speaking in tongues‚ or dramatic rituals‚ but because I knew I was entering into a different belief something just did not feel right. Although the feeling of the meeting was not exactly comfortable‚ I learned a lot from my observations. On Thursday
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