Ethnography (from Greek word ethnos = folk/people and grapho = to write) is a qualitative research method aimed to learn and understand cultural phenomena which reflect the knowledge and system of meanings guiding the life of a cultural group (Agar 1996). It was pioneered in the field of socio-cultural anthropology but has also become a popular method in various other fields of social sciences—particularly in sociology‚ communication studies‚ and history —that study people‚ ethnic groups and other
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corporation values customers‚ integrity‚ performance‚ teamwork‚ and its employees The goal of this study was to reveal the organizational culture of Cingular Wireless at a retail sales location. To help determine the culture‚ this study focused on what is the nature of work for Cingular Wireless sales consultants‚ and how do employees identify themselves within the corporation according to Edgar Schein‟s models of organizational culture. To guide this study‚ several aspects of employment at Cingular
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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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EtWashington‚ TaNazjha word count 1338 Ethnography Project With this observation project‚ the goal is to get out of your comfort zone and go into places we have never been before. We should come to an understanding of a particular ritual which is being done rather we agree with it or not. The ritual I have chosen is attending a strip club. In a strip club there are performers who take off their clothing while dancing to music. The performers get paid through tips they get from their customers
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"W.W.Y.D" Society is quick to judge and people are quick to stereotype other people. In the show "What Would You Do" three people were trying to steal a bike. The first one was a white male and most of the people just walked by or asked "Is that your bike‚" and his reply was "No‚" then the people just kept walking by and didn’t even try to stop him. There was roughly 100 people an hour that just walked by until an old couple walked up and tried to stop him. Next‚ was a black male and the first
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Anthropology 110 Ethnography Paper April 10th 2013 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down It was typically Hmong for patients to appear passively obedient – thus protecting their own dignity by concealing their ignorance and their doctor’s dignity by acting deferential – and then‚ as soon as they left the hospital‚ to ignore everything to which they had supposedly assented” (page 68). This quote by author‚ Anne Fadiman‚ of ethnography The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down demonstrates quite
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exposed to me the roles that nurses play in the hospital setting. The functions of the human body and the effects of the environment‚ drugs‚ and genetics on the human never failed to capture my interest‚ however at that moment I knew that I wanted to do what the nurses did. With such a variety of paths one could take‚ I thought it be perfect for someone who wanted to travel‚ take care of people and feel like they’ve contributed their fair share to the world; these were the thoughts that came to my mind
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What Would You Do? Episode __ : Helping the Homeless I. Relate the video to conscience Conscience‚ as defined by the Merriam – Webster Dictionary‚ is “the part of the mind that makes you aware of your actions as being either morally right or wrong”. It’s that tiny voice inside your head that tells you if what you’re about to do‚ what you’re doing or what you’ve done is essentially right or not. A lot of people nowadays tend to ignore this for fear of being ridiculed or judged by other people‚ even
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What Would You Do to Be Successful Being a kid with a learning disability can be stressful and challenging in everyday school. I can understand the benefits of online schooling‚ because I experience what the students with learning disabilities go through on a daily basis. Online schooling benefits students that want to get done with schooling early‚ students with with learning disability‚ and some students that wanna be successful in life more. Students at Mona Shores would benefit more
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The use of anthropologists in intelligence gathering for the military is a very complex subject. To speak upon because‚ there are many pros and cons they will encounter along the way here is an example of a con that was stated in Chapter- 9 of our textbook “Anthropologists have deep reservations that anthropologists’ involvement could hurt civilians‚” (Nowak & Laird‚ 2010). They are right! By given the military personal information could cause horrific trouble. However‚ pros side of this if anthropologists
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