Example Of Ethnographic Research

Produce procurement, a long-studied topic in cultural anthropology, defines the everyday interactions relating to values and norms as well as power through a simple outlet: food. For this ethnographic observation: produce procurement, I decided to observe one of the bigger grocery store chains, Jewel. It was here, where I observed different views and concepts relating to food venues, specifically grocery stores, that are important to both producer and consumer in aesthetic, type of produce, demographic, and communication.

Ethnographic research is the scientific description of specific human cultures, foreign to the ethnographer. Each ethnographer has his or her own way of conducting research and all of these different ideas can be transmitted and understood in a number of different ways. Because there is no one set idea of how an ethnographer should go about his or her research, conflicts arise. In Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco, Paul Rabinow uses a story like process to discuss his experiences during his research in Morocco. This makes it easier for the reader to understand his ideas then just having a technical book about the many different aspects of Moroccan life that he may have discovered. In Writing Culture: the Poetics and Politics of

Once the song was fully memorized I practiced it with the recording accompaniment. I learned when to come in from the piano intro and how long to wait after the different phrases and sections. There were no dynamics for the voice part, so I added them in where I saw fit based on the phrases and lyrics, and was highly influenced by a recording sung by Cecilia Bartoli at the Berliner Philharmoniker with Daniel Barenboim.

With China being such a massive competitor in this world, one would think that they would give their children who hope to further their education the ability to have a smooth transition and promising future. This is not the case according to Taylor Clark’s “Plight of the Little Emperors”. In this article Clark puts a magnifying glass to the shocking truth that the youth of China is forced to face. He clarifies to the rest of the world the intensity of the stress filled hardship it takes to go to a university and have a decent living. He states that China does not have enough jobs for college grads, causing students to deal with tremendous pressure, severe mental illness, and trying to escape from this harsh reality.

But some of the promises made to the people were fulfilled. In a few short years Chinese peasants were moved from their small plots of land into large communes and cooperatives. On these communes very had enough to eat, everyone shared the work, and there was a real sense of community.

Working on the laptop. Reading navigating on the mobile phone. Listening to music. Watching video on the PC.

The second ethnographic method I use is searching for media stories that are related to deaf. According to the news article Police under fire for arresting deaf man for signing, a deaf man called Shaun Phuprate was arrested because he was signing excitedly and crazy (Metro Media Group). The police just saw Phuprate waving his arms, showing a V-sign, which is really rude. To avoid misunderstanding, Phuprate tried to explain by sign language, and he got more and more excited. However, the police did not listen to him, keep believing Phuprate is insulting him and arrested him. In this case, Phuprate was not in duty of anything. He is just a deaf person who wanted to explain his situation and be treated equally with anyone else. Even worse, Phuprate

Ever since a few years ago I have always wanted to become a photographer. I feel as if photography flows through my veins and out my finger to snap the perfect picture. I started out by taking pictures of things in my backyard, and they turned out really good and ever sense then I have been taking photography. As shy as I am going to Cranbrook has changed the way I look at my photography and the way I look at the world in general, but most of all not being not so scared to meet new people. At first I was extremely scared to go to the school, no part of me wanted to even go. But, when you get an opportunity like what I did, take it! You won't regret it.

Teaching has always been lauded as an altruistic and fulfilling career. What better can one do to contribute to society than educate and prepare the future generation for success? At first glance, there are many attractive characteristics regarding the job: work-free summers, plenty of holidays, and the chance to impact a child’s life forever. However, in recent years, enrollment in teacher preparation programs have been on the decline. Headlines announcing “America’s New Major Teacher Shortage” have filled the news and papers, and Florida has been named as one of the states impacted. More and more teachers seem to be leaving the field. The question, though, is “Why?”. Many might point to the poor pay that teachers are notorious for receiving, but teaching has never been known for making big bucks in the first place. With both new teachers and longtime veterans leaving the field, the problem seems to be something more internal.

For example in the video “Families in China” a girl named Yu Qingbo in Ningbo went to from 6 am to 5:30 pm. So she went to school for 11 hours and 30 minutes which is almost twice as long as students in 7th grade in the U.S. go to school. Also, she stayed at school that long like because everyone does a club and she does English club. Also there homework is not easy, it takes a lot of time and effort. According to the video, Yu Qingbo does homework for two hours and then has her mom check and redoes it if it’s wrong. Yu Qingbo’s school also holds a lot of students. For instance the video said that there are 57 other students in her class and 1500 students in her school. Since students have this great education when they get older they get an outstanding job. According to the article “Rural Life in China” it states, “Average disposable annual income for Chinese urban residents in 2012 was the equivalent of about $4,000, an increase of 9.6 percent after taking inflation into account. Average rural net income was just under $1,300 per person, a rise of 10.7 percent” So, in Urban China you get a wonderful education and a marvelous

Last weekend me and my friends went to Hillsboro to play laser tag. We walked off campus and from the very moment we got near the car it was expected that the guys would get first pick as to where they sat, because of how society places gender based norms upon us naturally we did not think twice as to ho this could have been a bad thing. We pile in and the car roars alive, we begin down the road and eventually come to a stoplight the driver(male 1) expresses a desire to race the car parked next to us, he puts the car in park and slowly revs the engine with his feet. Signaling a type of international code that exclaims, “ I can drive faster than you, let me prove it”. The other car does not acknowledge the invitation of battle. Our driver

I was born into an age where cameras and technology were easily available. I started using cameras and computers basically from when I was born. I was intrigued by videos and photos. Me and my friends used the family video camera to make movies and film skits. I took general art classes from Kindergarten up until now. My interest in graphic design and computer editing programs spiked in 7th grade when i took a technology class with Mr. Mayes. I learned how to use photoshop and edited pictures for fun. Up until this year photoshop was something I was ok at and never really mastered. Computer Graphic Design with Ms. Remer-Saenz elevated my ability in photoshop and taught me how to use Coreldraw and Adobe Illustrator as well. I have been using

Dr. Hao Jingfang works for the China Development Research Foundation which helps advance and promote economic development and social progress. She conducts research with an emphasis on rural poverty and presents recommendations to the government. Dr. Hao has witnessed and learned about China’s development over the last century, such as the Cultural Revolution-the birth of communist ideals- and capitalism. China transformed their system and has been ascending economically for the last several decades. Dr. Hao Jingfang had also witnessed its side effects: the excellent ever increasing gross domestic product(GDP) and the not so good effects of increased poverty. Another one of the of the not so spectacular side effects are how the wealth,

Methodology Introduction I conducted interviews of three former high school special education students who successfully participated in elective courses in career and technical education (CTE). These students selected CTE courses as their elective class in partial fulfillment of the requirements of a standard diploma. With an understanding of the importance of career and technical education, my purpose was to closely examine the experiences of special education students vis a vis successful participation in career and technical education courses (CTE). Utilizing a socio­cultural perspective, I sought to answer the questions, (1) what supports are most important for special education student success in CTE? (2) What do students believe to be the barriers for special education student’s success in CTE courses and (3) how do school and community cultures play a role in matriculation of special education students in CTE courses?

Forgive me for taking so long. Your class was so helpful it gave me a world of knowledge that was needed. I appreciated the way you taught the first class it sharpened and shaped me for the next week and my journey. I was overwhelmed with the information and it took me all week to finally train my mind to focus on this assignment in the way you showed me. Doing a ethnographical dissertation does not have a lot of examples to go by in the formation of this type of dissertation. All though my information is not a lot it took me this long to finally train my brain on the direction. I hope I can get feed back to build upon.