Ethnography

Technology has not had a significant impact on my family relationships. I am the youngest in my family and I was an adult before the technological boom. I have lived long distances from my family for 18 years and primarily call and text to stay in contact. Occasionally we will share pictures on facebook, but I do not enjoy social media so I try hard to avoid it. Texting has made the biggest impact on our communication as it has become our primary means of chatting. We text about once per week…

The use of the ethnography in this study means researchers usually refers to detailed and long-term observational studies, also known as “participant observation.” These involve the researcher living within a community for a lengthy period, observing members’ daily life, their beliefs, and their practices, with the aim of understanding the worldview of its members (Helman, 2001). In the study, researchers visit the three communities weekly for six-months each. They observe all events occur among…

Moving constantly, never having a place to call my own, I finally moved to a city that eventually shaped me into the person I am today. I spent my elementary years in Sylmar, then I moved to San Fernando, and later we alternated between the United States and Mexico, never staying in more than a year in one home. It was rare if we stayed in any city longer than two years. Unfortunately, due to the constant packing and moving, I never made any true friends; I was isolated, lonely, awkward, and…

Growing up in an upper-middle class, prominently white town of about six thousand people, I haven’t been exposed to much diversity. Although I live ten miles outside of one of the biggest and most diverse cities in Minnesota, I graduated with about 125 kids - maybe two percent of which being mixed or a person of color. Both of my parents grew up in large, diverse cities and have lived around the country, including Arizona and California, along with a lot of travel. They always told my brother…

Never thought we would be operating as far as the West Coast United States,” commented Victor Malinski, who was busy at work alongside Schäffer and the other FVL leaders, double checking the amount of equipment that had been allocated to them for their Sunday Morning Special, Fall Verdunkeln (Case Blackout), in the form of “Requisition Credits.” They had already arrived at their secret hideout on the night of the 1st of May. More from within the ranks of their respective RGA groups are expected…

My parents only took pictures of me until I was eight years old. At that point, they gave me my first camera and bridled me with the job of “family photographer.” From then on, I was always behind the camera, which is why there are few pictures of me from eight to sixteen. Despite these unfortunate gaps in our scrapbooks, this early introduction to photography combined with my growing up in several multicultural communities across the world has helped me become the digital storyteller that I am…

This paper will focus on my life since being labeled as a toddler with a physical condition in the stigma that follows. This paper will associate on how I was labelled, and how disability discrimination followed because of that label. Will describe the roles that these two have in common and why they are linked together. I will give examples from my past that give insight to how these two words and their meaning have impacted my life. I will interview a few of my friends who had to live under…

A little cutie named Michael was brought into my baby photographer studio for his first modeling gig. He was just 8 days new at the time of his shoot. He was born on July 26th and weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces. Michael's parents, Michael and Claudia, began dating after working part-time in the same bank in 2007. They finished school in 2012. After 7 years together, they were married and bought their first home in 2014. Now, they have little Michael in their lives. The couple chose blue in his…

food chain that concentrate in chicken sandwiches and other chicken based products. For my ethnography project I visited my Chick-fil-A restaurant inside of my local mall – one of the most popular restaurants in the food court – and sat down for 2 hours observing the customers, taking note of their orders, interviewing them, and actually ordering from the menu for myself as well. The purpose of this ethnography is to address an increase in obesity, hypertension, and Type 2 diabetes in the United…

Out of the three essays I wrote during the English 122 class 2016 spring semester my favorite was the Ethnography essay at the beginning. I chose it because it required me to push beyond myself to get out and get the information I needed from someone else. The writing process was really hard for me at first but after I got further into it and sought out for help it became easier. I also feel like this was my best paper as far a prep and assistance goes, I meet with teacher, talked with a tutor,…