Pros And Cons Of Ethnography

Ethnography is the study of a certain group or groups of everyday people who live everyday lives( Emerson 1995). Before an ethnographer can give an accurate examination of an neighborhood first they must interact with the people and participate in the events in the neighborhood they're studying ( Emerson 1995). Ethnographers should always maintain a professional view point on the neighborhood, however one job of an ethnographer is to record how they felt during certain activities that every day people in that neighborhood would do regularly ( Emerson 1995).

If a ethnographer came to study my neighborhood they wouldn’t find much. I don’t have much of a neighborhood I have only two neighbors, however there are many positive's to living in my neighborhood just as there are negatives also. My neighborhood is quiet and peaceful occasionally you might hear an ambulance or a car with loud music passing by. The peacefulness is always a positive in most situations. The people in my neighborhood are very close, I've known them practically my whole life no one has moved or left. People in my neighborhood all have good morals which is always a plus when it comes to having a good neighborhood. An ethnographer would also find that everyone in my neighborhood are over the age 50 and both of my neighbors are retired this could be a plus or negative it just depends on the ethnographer's opinion. There are no gang bangers or drug dealears in my …show more content…
If an ethnographer were to visit my neighborhood I would expect the ethnographer to have the utmost respect for my fellow neighbors especially since they're older people. As long as the ethnographer isn't rude or too overbearing, for instance if an ethnographer came into my neighborhood and was just rude and didn’t have any patience or didn’t respect our boundaries then I would consider them to be overbearing and