Fieldwork

In conducting ethnographical fieldwork, anthropologists have selected few key consultants to gather exclusive details and information about a society’s custom ideas, values, and practices through participation in research of the Ju/ ‘haonsi people of Namibia. Through qualitative data and much fieldwork in Namibia, key consultants will have to lay out a formal outline in their research to be successful. By conducting ethnographical fieldwork, preparation, observances and many challenges will have

anthropology, fieldwork is a big factor in coming to a conclusion about one’s topic of research. After reading articles from both Raybeck and Faubion, it is clear that fieldwork may not be the only component to drawing conclusions about cultures. There are multiple factors within fieldwork itself that aids in drawing conclusions as expressed by Raybeck but the main conclusions an anthropologist comes up with is from analyzing the data that was found. Raybeck mainly uses two methods for fieldwork: quantitative

"representation" "fieldwork" and "culture?" To what extent is the author you have chosen sensitive to issues of representation? What do we learn about her fieldwork from the article? How does she approach culture? Ghannam's book "Live and Die Like a Man" is an anthropological view towards masculinity in Egypt and through various forms of representation techniques, with a participant-observation based fieldwork and a critical and comparative view towards Egyptian culture, she explores the struggles

Fieldwork placement is a vital part of a student’s education as it allows them to experience the frontline tasks of a community worker and it provides the student the opportunity to develop practical skills needed in the workplace. It is an opportunity to allow the student to integrate theory into practice through a range of human and community service experience. As part of my Health and Social Welfare degree in the second year one of the modules covered is Fieldwork placement when students are

community setting versus how they are in a school setting varies greatly. Therefore as expected, fieldwork in a community setting is much different than how it is in a school setting. In the community setting there is a feeling of less stress on both me and the children. Additionally it is a much more relaxed environment. As a whole, being able to experience both in class and community environments for fieldwork will greatly benefit me as a future teacher. When attending the Armory I first noticed how

Fieldwork findings: Discussion Pupil premium: One core theme that derives from the fieldwork frequently is pupil premium. All respondents were asked, ‘which policy if any, would you say has been the most effective at promoting educational attainment among pupils from economically deprived areas?’ (Question 4). All respondents answered pupil premium as being the most effective policy. Respondents A, B and D all argued that the extra funding helped to promote education attainment among pupils from

I believe that my assessment was accurate and fair. One example I can perceive as a bias, would be my inability to differentiate Western students from other students. Once I completed the fieldwork component of the assignment, I had asked my female friend what was the “Western” look. She explained that females wear Canadian goose jackets, Hunter rubber boots, and lululemon tights. Afterwards, it had hit me. I had been oblivious to my surroundings the whole time. However, if I were to be in an environment

INTRODUCTION I am going to conduct ethnographic fieldwork among a women’s volleyball teams in order to explore the facilitators and obstacles to women’s participation in sports. Sports have different meanings for different people and across societies (Laker 2001:4) and the way one engages in sports is influenced by the cultural or ethnic group one belongs to (Sever 2005:4). There are numerous barriers (Women 2000 and Beyond 2007:3; Women’s Sports Foundation 2007) and benefits (Women 2000 and Beyond

There are various fieldwork techniques such as Cultural Relativism and Ethnocentrism, Gaining Rapport, Ethical Issues & other problems in fieldwork, and the nature of participant observation, that help study human life in other societies. When watching the second video, Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism ingroup and outgroup, I comprehended the terms better. When one judges another culture because it is very different from the culture one was raised in, it means that their way of thinking is ethnocentric

For my ethnographic fieldwork, I decided to do my research on the Jewish culture. I interviewed a friend of mine at her house, which is the field site I decided to work in. To protect her identity I changed her name to Rebecca. As soon as I got to her house I notice there was a small piece of metal on the side of her doorpost with hebrew text written on it. I enter the house and she greeted me and took me to her living room.In her living room I noticed she had a tray of bite size cookies for us