Exam 10: Ethnography

You are conducting an ethnographic study of human rights abuses in Afghanistan.Would you choose to write a mainstream/classical ethnography,a confessional/postmodern ethnography,or an advocacy/critical ethnography? Why?

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Students may choose any of these three formats.
A student may choose a mainstream/classical ethnography because it is important to objectively understand what is happening in situations of human rights abuse.Advocacy is important,but should be separate from the ethnographic record.Reflection on the anthropologist's own experience is less important than the abuses happening in Afghanistan,so the focus is the mainstream/classical approach.
A student may choose a confessional/postmodern ethnography because it is important to make connections between self and other in a globalized world.It is also important to reflect,as a discipline,on the nature of ethnographic knowledge.Severe cases of human suffering are important locations for these reflections.
A student may choose an advocacy/critical ethnography because the human rights abuses are so severe and immediate.The researcher may feel an ethical obligation to act on behalf of the research subjects and to embed this action in the research itself.

Max Weber's idea of verstehen continues to be an important ideal for ethnographers today because it is important to

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Imagine that an ethnographer is beginning a study about how models gain access to the industry,and what daily life as a model is like.The best classification for this research is

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Fieldwork is a scientific method with a particular purpose: to develop

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Do you think ethnography is more of a science,more of an art,or both art and science? Explain your answer.

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Graduate student Elisa set out to do an ethnography about public library patrons but found nothing new or interesting to investigate.She worried that her project was failing,but she followed Alice Goffman's research experience (the work that resulted in the book On the Run),so she

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Choose one of the following: W.E.B.DuBois's The Philadelphia Negro or William Foote Whyte's Street Corner Society.What was one of the key findings of this classic neighborhood ethnography? Design an ethnographic study that you could conduct today that would bring key questions or insights from the classic study into the present.Your design should include a setting and a research question.

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Knut begins a study of nose-picking at Home Depot,but after informing potential participants,he finds that no one picks his or her nose.He wants to reduce the Hawthorne effect,so he

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List the four different roles a fieldworker can take when conducting an ethnographic study.Briefly describe an advantage and a disadvantage of each.

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Margaret Mead's ethnography in the Admiralty Islands represents anthropology more than sociology because,at the time,anthropologists

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It is important to establish rapport in the course of fieldwork so that the researcher

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Michael conducts a fieldwork study of the kitchen workers at a restaurant.He informed the workers that he was doing the study and that he would be fitting in as much as possible by working as a dishwasher.Michael follows informed consent standards for ethical fieldwork,so he

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Sven begins an ethnographic study of luchadores (Mexican wrestlers).In his first weeks,his experience of ________,is fairly typical of early fieldwork interactions.

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Professor Begay uses purposive sampling to select three Native American charter schools in the Southwest where he can study language instruction.Professor Begay

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Lauren conducts a study of hospice (end-of-life)care.She reaches verstehen when she

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Ethnography is different than journalism because ethnography ,whereas journalism .

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If Dr.Bodley were to triangulate his data,he would

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Mimi plans a visual ethnography project about nursing home visitors.She plans to

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Reliability refers to consistency or "repeatability" of measures in research.Participant observation has

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Matthew Desmond describes ethnography as a unique type of research because while doing fieldwork,the ethnographer becomes

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You are conducting an ethnographic study of human rights abuses in Afghanistan.Would you choose to write a mainstream/classical ethnography,a confessional/postmodern ethnography,or an advocacy/critical ethnography? Why?

Max Weber's idea of verstehen continues to be an important ideal for ethnographers today because it is important to

Imagine that an ethnographer is beginning a study about how models gain access to the industry,and what daily life as a model is like.The best classification for this research is

Fieldwork is a scientific method with a particular purpose: to develop

Do you think ethnography is more of a science,more of an art,or both art and science? Explain your answer.

Graduate student Elisa set out to do an ethnography about public library patrons but found nothing new or interesting to investigate.She worried that her project was failing,but she followed Alice Goffman's research experience (the work that resulted in the book On the Run),so she

Knut begins a study of nose-picking at Home Depot,but after informing potential participants,he finds that no one picks his or her nose.He wants to reduce the Hawthorne effect,so he

List the four different roles a fieldworker can take when conducting an ethnographic study.Briefly describe an advantage and a disadvantage of each.

Margaret Mead's ethnography in the Admiralty Islands represents anthropology more than sociology because,at the time,anthropologists

It is important to establish rapport in the course of fieldwork so that the researcher

Michael conducts a fieldwork study of the kitchen workers at a restaurant.He informed the workers that he was doing the study and that he would be fitting in as much as possible by working as a dishwasher.Michael follows informed consent standards for ethical fieldwork,so he

Sven begins an ethnographic study of luchadores (Mexican wrestlers).In his first weeks,his experience of ________,is fairly typical of early fieldwork interactions.

Professor Begay uses purposive sampling to select three Native American charter schools in the Southwest where he can study language instruction.Professor Begay

Lauren conducts a study of hospice (end-of-life)care.She reaches verstehen when she

Ethnography is different than journalism because ethnography ,whereas journalism .

If Dr.Bodley were to triangulate his data,he would

Mimi plans a visual ethnography project about nursing home visitors.She plans to

Reliability refers to consistency or "repeatability" of measures in research.Participant observation has

Matthew Desmond describes ethnography as a unique type of research because while doing fieldwork,the ethnographer becomes

The Art and Science of Social Research: An Introduction

Research Foundations: Linking Sociological Theory to Research

Ethical Issues in Social Science Research

From Concepts to Models: Hypotheses, Operationalization, and Measurement

Evaluating Research: Reliability and Validity

Sampling Strategies

Experimental Research

Evaluation Research

In-Depth Interviewing

Materials-Based Methods

Social Network Analysis

Univariate and Bivariate Analysis of Quantitative Data

Multivariate and Advanced Quantitative Methods

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Communicating Social Science Research Findings

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Exam 10: Ethnography

You are conducting an ethnographic study of human rights abuses in Afghanistan.Would you choose to write a mainstream/classical ethnography,a confessional/postmodern ethnography,or an advocacy/critical ethnography? Why?

Max Weber's idea of verstehen continues to be an important ideal for ethnographers today because it is important to

Imagine that an ethnographer is beginning a study about how models gain access to the industry,and what daily life as a model is like.The best classification for this research is

Fieldwork is a scientific method with a particular purpose: to develop

Do you think ethnography is more of a science,more of an art,or both art and science? Explain your answer.

Graduate student Elisa set out to do an ethnography about public library patrons but found nothing new or interesting to investigate.She worried that her project was failing,but she followed Alice Goffman's research experience (the work that resulted in the book On the Run),so she

Knut begins a study of nose-picking at Home Depot,but after informing potential participants,he finds that no one picks his or her nose.He wants to reduce the Hawthorne effect,so he

List the four different roles a fieldworker can take when conducting an ethnographic study.Briefly describe an advantage and a disadvantage of each.

Margaret Mead's ethnography in the Admiralty Islands represents anthropology more than sociology because,at the time,anthropologists

It is important to establish rapport in the course of fieldwork so that the researcher

Michael conducts a fieldwork study of the kitchen workers at a restaurant.He informed the workers that he was doing the study and that he would be fitting in as much as possible by working as a dishwasher.Michael follows informed consent standards for ethical fieldwork,so he

Sven begins an ethnographic study of luchadores (Mexican wrestlers).In his first weeks,his experience of ________,is fairly typical of early fieldwork interactions.

Professor Begay uses purposive sampling to select three Native American charter schools in the Southwest where he can study language instruction.Professor Begay

Lauren conducts a study of hospice (end-of-life)care.She reaches verstehen when she

Ethnography is different than journalism because ethnography ________,whereas journalism ________.

If Dr.Bodley were to triangulate his data,he would

Mimi plans a visual ethnography project about nursing home visitors.She plans to

Reliability refers to consistency or "repeatability" of measures in research.Participant observation has

Matthew Desmond describes ethnography as a unique type of research because while doing fieldwork,the ethnographer becomes

The Art and Science of Social Research: An Introduction

Research Foundations: Linking Sociological Theory to Research

Ethical Issues in Social Science Research

From Concepts to Models: Hypotheses, Operationalization, and Measurement

Evaluating Research: Reliability and Validity

Sampling Strategies

Experimental Research

Evaluation Research

In-Depth Interviewing

Materials-Based Methods

Social Network Analysis

Univariate and Bivariate Analysis of Quantitative Data

Multivariate and Advanced Quantitative Methods

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Communicating Social Science Research Findings

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Ethnography is different than journalism because ethnography ,whereas journalism .