Ethnography Research Addressing ethnographic inquiry Frances J. Riemer Groping in the dark When I began my first ethnographic research project‚ I wasn’t an ethnographer. I was a teacher and a student‚ living in the city‚ pondering questions about education and social mobility‚ poverty and work. I had enrolled in a doctoral program and taken classes in research methods‚ but I became an ethnographer by doing the things that ethnographers do. I learned how to ask questions by asking
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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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Analysis of the ethnography of communication; S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G by Dell Hymes through the tradition in Minahasa called “Maengket dance.” As what we can learn from the ethnography of communication‚ more specific in the analysis or theory that was proposed by Dell Hymes called SPEAKING as the components of speech‚ Dell Hymes proposed that this model should provide the basis for an ethnography of speaking (sometimes called an ethnography of communication)‚ which is in approach to the description of
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An Ethnography of Modern Witches The growing practice of Neo-Paganism in America has caused many to turn their heads. The misunderstanding of the religion has caused many to equate the practitioners with the popular conception of typical "witches‚" that perform black magic rituals‚ satanic sacrifices‚ and engage in devil-inspired orgies. After many years‚ the Neo-Pagan community has cleared up many misconceptions through the showing that many of them do not engage in activities‚ and are rather
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Characteristics and methods involved in ethnomethodological ethnography The interaction of individuals belonging to a social comunity tends to produce many patterns of behaviour and actions and reactions. These patterns reflects the presence of a social order and a set of rules of conduct that organises the thinking structure of this group. Researchers in many social disciplines such as sociology‚ political science and anthropology have attempted to understand many individual and common aspects
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research‚ observe and write in order to produce ethnographies. Though many travel to foreign locations to examine natives and exotic ethnic groups‚ others conduct ethnographic research within their own culture. However‚ is the process of ethnography essentially the same regardless of the diverse cultures anthropologists examine‚ and the use of a recording device rather than a notebook? Though there are similarities between the processes‚ ethnographies differ depending on the anthropologist and the
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An ethnography‚ also referred to as field research‚ is a qualitative research method in which the researcher can directly observe what goes on at the research site as well as participate‚ including asking questions. It is a useful method for studying small groups‚ such as work groups‚ in their natural setting. Ethnography is the term used by cultural anthropologists for conducting field research. Sociologists tend to use the term field research or participant observation. Ethno means "people" and
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INTRODUCTION a. Background of The Study Communication is vital to human existence. It is how we pass on others our thoughts and feelings; tell them what we want them to do; ask them to help us; share with them our knowledge and experience. Without communication‚ we would each live as if alone in the world. Language is by far the most widely used of all communication methods; communication is the most important function of language. Study of the sociological aspects of language‚ Sociolinguists
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The difference in ethnographies This essay is about ethnographies. It critically explains and compares ethnographies at published at different times by different authors .This is done to trace the differences with time. This is done mainly to identify the language of the authors‚ the themes‚ writing styles‚ how they appeal to the reader and also how they did their research in reference to the people studied. In this essay Ruth benedict’s patterns of culture is compared with primitive mind by Franz
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It is the subscript of David Valentine’s Imagining Transgender – an ethnography of a category that catches the eye and clues us in to the important turn his work takes across its three hundred some odd pages. Unlike other academic works up through the time of this publication (2007) that have tended to align the transgender experience with queer-studies (Feinberg 1997‚ Wilchins 2004) or autobiographical/ “insider” narratives (Boylan 2003/2013; Bornstein 1993)‚ Valentine’s research instead interrogates
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