Ethnographic Review

I was able to conduct ethnographic research at the Migration Museum, as I was working as an intern for two months. Ethnographic research is qualitative research, where the researcher is able to be part of the study group or cultural scene (Byrne 2001). Ethnographic research is an instrument where a study is designed to gather information related to the research. This is often done by the researcher being able to part take in the activities or observe the group at a certain setting researcher intends to study. This type of research able one to cultivate good results as the researcher is part of the environment directly. Being part of the environment the researcher is able to extract/ observe different aspects information such as study a situation better, if sensory information is vital the researcher is able to gather information on - touch, sound or smell. They are able to get different perspective as they are observing multiple people of the culture or …show more content…
It is equally important to determine the community which is currently involved with the museum and explore reasons which draws the visitors to this museum. UK being the host to thousands of museums, galleries and heritage sites (National Museums Organization, 2006) and only in 2017 UK witnessed it first Migration Museum. However, this museum was not a government initiative or government funded. Hence, with the opening of this museums it is clear that, there is a drive by different communities within the UK to establish a migration museum. Hence, to find out the details and demographics of these audience who desire to have this museum, I needed to design a research which will give me opportunity to work with the museum directly and as well reachout to the audiences directly to get their feedback. Therefor there was a need of having quantitative research method introduced in this