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Fieldwork & Representation – Activities Worksheet Below you will find all the lesson activities from Module 3: Fieldwork & Representation that require a written answer. Any activities that are formatted as a quiz or reflection activities are not included in this worksheet but are equally important. This word document will provide you a space to work through each of these activities. These activities are not meant to replace the content found in your textbook, the additional readings, videos, or in the modules associated with this week. Instead, their purpose is to provide you with a deeper understanding of the course content.

Learning Activity 1 Put yourself in the shoes of someone who has just stepped into Toronto’s Pearson Airport for the first time. They are arriving in Toronto in early October and the weather is about to change. School began almost four weeks ago and Ontarians are about to celebrate the Thanksgiving long weekend. In 250 words (plus minus 10% so 225-275, I won’t read above 275 words ) , create a snap-shot - a narrative-style story(s) (a first person story)- of what you think life might be like for a new family of 6 coming to live in Toronto, Ontario. When doing this exercise, think about the following questions: ● What differences might they encounter in terms of language, living habits, climate, sounds, sights, tastes, cultural attributes, etc. ● What might create an embarrassing or awkward situation? ● What societal factors might the family have to contend with in the first few weeks, for example, when might Ali begin school? How might they be affected by the long weekend? As you are reflecting on and answering these questions, you may want to draw on experiences or situations that you have encountered in the past. Trying to understand someone else’s life experiences, to ‘walk a mile in their shoes’ are some of the tools that anthropologists use as a means to explore and learn about culture, and it is what we explore next. My mother yelled directions at me as I hurried to the bus stop as I scrambled for my luggage. Since I was eager to get to school today, I held my money in my fingers. I felt underdressed and unprepared for the weather. I noticed a group of students waiting for the bus next to me, and as I turned to look at one of them, she gave me an odd smile. I reacted puzzled as I waited for the bus. As soon as the bus arrived, I entered on and gave the driver my money. He looked at the coins and shook his head, saying that only coins were accepted at the bus. I was immediately shocked with embarassment and worried that I would have to walk to school. I felt the glaze of everybody at the bus staring at me as I froze in time. As I was about to walk off the bus, the girl who gave me the odd smile generously gave me the change I needed for the bus. As I sat alone in the back of the bus, I heard all the other students happily gossiping together. I felt very out of place and lonely in such a cheerful environment, but I was too afaird to introduce myself to them. I sat on the bus until we arrived at school and I admired the modern buildings and large amount of students walking on the street.

Learning Activity 2 Who is this? Based your answer on the textbook. Respond in up to 50 words (without bibliography). Demonstrate familiarity with the textbook. Provide a citation (follow Chicago Citation Style- refer yourself to MyLS post on this topic). Malinowski is a well-known social anthropologist, traveller, ethnologist, authority on religion, sociologist, and author. He established the functionalism school, encouraged intensive fieldwork, and developed cutting-edge social theory methods. According to your textbook, recall three factors that made this researcher different from other researchers who conducted fieldwork. Respond in full sentences. Do not use bullet point structure. Malinowski was one of the first anthropologists to develop a personal relationship with the people he was studying, participated in participant observations, and was famous for all three of these things. He interacted with the Trobriand Islanders in a direct manner, unlike other fieldwork researchers, while diligently hand-writing field notes. After that, he would type out his notes and consider his arguments in further detail. These will be included in a ethnography he would develop later.

The researcher that you identified in the first photo did research in the Trobriand Islands. List three things the researcher found out while conducting research with these people. Respond in full sentences. Do not use bullet point structure. Malinowski recognised the need of fieldwork and the advantages of fully integrating into a society and culture in order to further comprehend it. He also saw that culture was a sophisticated system of customs that evolved in response to the particular issues that each society faced. Ultimately, he came to see that participant observation required a careful balancing act between the observer and the occupant. Avoid getting too involved in one because it might cause bias, and avoid keeping too far away since that might prevent you from knowing the culture fully. Learning Activity 3 Using the previous scenario where an ethnographer wants to understand what life is like as a student of Wilfrid Laurier University, think about who could represent a key participant, that they could observe and interview, then think about a key event they could attend in order to gain deeper insight to everyday student life. In no less than 200 words (that means 200 or more, plus minus 10% that is between 180-200 words; I won’t read responses above 2220 words ) , identify at least one key participant and one key event and explain why you chose them. You are not to use the example of an Orientation Week as has already been used in our course notes posted on MyLS. A Canada’s Wonderland worker that is in charge of scaring people during haunt season can create a compelling story and insight into their life. As a worker during haunt, they are to paint

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