The setting I choose to do my ethnography assignment on was to observe an indoor soccer game in Yuba City. The arena where this indoor soccer game took place was named Champions Arena Indoor Soccer. This was not the first time I have been to this arena so I did have some background about the place before observing. One of my close friends was participating in the game so I figured it was a great idea to come support him and do my assignment. Although‚ I had been to this arena before and seen many
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10 Ethnographies Speech is used in different ways among different groups of people. As we will see‚ each group has its own norms of linguistic behavior. A particular group may not encourage talking for the sake of talking‚ and members of such a group may appear to be quite taciturn to outsiders who relish talk‚ or they may feel overwhelmed by the demands made on them if those others insist on talking. In contrast‚ in another group talk may be encouraged to the extent that it may even appear to be
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Everyone has a certain language and behavior depending on where they are or where they’re from. I personally have experienced different ways language has been portrayed when I’m around a certain place or with a certain person‚ like a relative per say. In my family‚ when we are at home‚ we get in a very comfortable state of being as‚ opposed to the way we would in a public setting. My parents who are not from the United States‚ express their language and behavior in a different way from others. At
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In On Habit‚ Alain de Botton writes about how people become habituated and believe there is nothing left to see or learn about the certain location they are in. In this essay‚ Botton discovers an attitude to approach places we think we already know‚ and no longer find interest in. This mindset is intended for the environment you are in‚ but can also be apply to styles of reading and writing. Botton had arrived to London from a trip to Barbados only to realize his home city hadn’t changed one bit
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ENG 4010 The Ethnography Project Assignment Ethnography is the recording of observations. The subjects of the recordings draw upon social interactions and relationships‚ hence‚ the close association of ethnography with sociology. Instructions For this project‚ you will select a socio-linguistic group—a specific community of language users. Your task is to observe 1) the arena(s) of language use‚ and 2) record examples of miscommunication. Selection of a Socio-Linguistic Community Identify a venue
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Sociology is all around us‚ and by looking closely at it you are able to see how it has a deeper impact and shapes our lives. Society today has become fast paced and very reliant on technology‚ which has resulted in people’s lives changing and how we live them. I am greatly interested in whether or not our lives our becoming too modernised and if technology continues to expand in the way that it has been will there be a need for human skill and labour‚ as even the agricultural industry has become
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Sociology 240- Ethnography Assignment 2 1 October 10‚ 2012 5:00pm- 5:40 pm New York Public Transit A train This paper will serve to report my observation on the New York City public transportation letter A train line. I see that a lot of people have headphones in their ears‚ reading magazines‚ reading books‚ newspapers and on their phones. The guy sitting next to me to my right is reading‚ had headphones in his ears and is casually dressed. There is a guy with a red sweater who is standing
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Fieldwork assignment #2: Museum Ethnography I have always been interested in Japanese culture and traditions‚ so for my museum ethnography assignment I visited the American Museum of Natural History‚ where I chose the Stout Hall of Asian Peoples for further analyzing. Japanese culture is a very unique one‚ which differs from others; anthropologists refer to it as “a style”. There are a lot of interesting exhibits in the wing I chose; they all have different stories to tell. It was impossible to
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Ethnography on Gender Socialization For my ethnography research‚ I selected 2 different locations to observe gender socialization amongst children at a toy store. The main focus of this ethnography is to see what types of toys appeal to children based on gender. Also‚ to see if parents are pushing their children on what types of toys they are allowed to choose from. First off‚ the stores I visited for my research was Walmart and Target. Both of these locations consisted of the same amount of toys
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September 10‚ 2013 The Ins and Outs of Accounting The primary focus of this text is to educate and inform readers about what it is like to live and function in the world of Accounting. Although we deal with numbers every day of our lives we often overlook what all goes into becoming a skilled Accountant. The significance of accounting plays a vast role in the financial health of an organization‚ its failure and or growth and development‚ the stock market‚ and the financial future of our lives
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