Meal Time
For the most part, everyone in modern society has a routine regarding eating at meal times. Even if this routine is just sitting down on the couch with a frozen meal, it still counts as a some-what ritual. Meal time can be formal to very informal, ranging from casually eating a pizza with friends to a complete tea party. An ethnography will be conducted to compare how separate meal times are conducted in an average individual's life. The results will go in depth about meals for modern Americans, and the practices and routines involved with this activity.
For the first meal I conducted, I chose breakfast with my mother and my younger brother. My family members and I all ate at the bar in my kitchen. Everyone ate separate things, …show more content…
For both of my meals, we all talked about our plans for the near future, such as what we were going to do later, or the next day. Also, for each of my meals, it seems that there was always a media force interfering with interacting with others. Even though I did not do it as much in the nice restaurant, I was a little shocked at how much time I actually spent to look at some form of media, whether it be a television or a phone. In the restaurant I acted very formal and polite, while at home, I yelled and was definitely more annoying . I ended up in a better mood after eating with my friend, due to the fact that my mother and brother were not very happy about going to work and school. The observations of this ethnography seem to tell me that the location, participants, and time of a meal help shape the dining experience. For example, I would not go to a fancy restaurant with a celebrity in pajamas, I would also not eat breakfast in my kitchen with my family in a ball gown. Also, I would act more reserved with people I don’t know opposed to close friends and family. These factors will shape ones eating practices, without the individual even thinking about
For the most part, everyone in modern society has a routine regarding eating at meal times. Even if this routine is just sitting down on the couch with a frozen meal, it still counts as a some-what ritual. Meal time can be formal to very informal, ranging from casually eating a pizza with friends to a complete tea party. An ethnography will be conducted to compare how separate meal times are conducted in an average individual's life. The results will go in depth about meals for modern Americans, and the practices and routines involved with this activity.
For the first meal I conducted, I chose breakfast with my mother and my younger brother. My family members and I all ate at the bar in my kitchen. Everyone ate separate things, …show more content…
For both of my meals, we all talked about our plans for the near future, such as what we were going to do later, or the next day. Also, for each of my meals, it seems that there was always a media force interfering with interacting with others. Even though I did not do it as much in the nice restaurant, I was a little shocked at how much time I actually spent to look at some form of media, whether it be a television or a phone. In the restaurant I acted very formal and polite, while at home, I yelled and was definitely more annoying . I ended up in a better mood after eating with my friend, due to the fact that my mother and brother were not very happy about going to work and school. The observations of this ethnography seem to tell me that the location, participants, and time of a meal help shape the dining experience. For example, I would not go to a fancy restaurant with a celebrity in pajamas, I would also not eat breakfast in my kitchen with my family in a ball gown. Also, I would act more reserved with people I don’t know opposed to close friends and family. These factors will shape ones eating practices, without the individual even thinking about