Ethnography

Militarization of a civilized society can be very quiet, acting behind the scenes and is often used in the justification of political and economic agenda’s such as the militarization of the United states post 9-11. Public propaganda does not need to be utilized in order to effect a social perception of an enemy, but is often an effective tool for swaying social acceptance and commitment to the militarization process (Lutz 2002). Routinizing and normalizing terror has aided the U.S in effectively…

Study of Ethnicity and Race. American Studies not only involves the intersection of history and literature -- which are among my primary interests -- but it is also a field that promotes the confluence and integration of multiple areas of study (ethnography, economics, and political science, etc.) In other words, what appeals to me about American Studies is that it avoids the insularity of the more established areas of the humanities…

Communication is used around the world by variety of groups, nations and cultures. Each of these cultures view communication in different ways. None are better that the others, they are just different. However, when comes to the study communication some argue that there some better than others and this has affects. Penman (2000) writes, “The way in which we conceive of communication sets the constraints on what we study and what we don’t; on what ways we use communication to act in our world and…

3.1.3 Interpretivism Interpretivism is proposed as an alternative philosophy to criticize positivism, that is mainly found in the social science, and its opposition to the application of neutral observations, universal laws in natural sciences to social science research (Saunders et al., 2007). Hussy and Hussy (1997) describes interpretivism as a phenomenon that involves understanding human behaviour from the participants' own research frame, and the authors further mentioned that social reality…

Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz’s ethnography Labor and Legality uses a mixture of narrative, interviews, and observation to educate the reader about the lives of undocumented workers in the United States. Gomberg-Muñoz focuses specifically on a group in Chicago called the Lions and describes how this small group has managed to create their own culture made up of language, social structure, kinship, gender roles, and authority. Often the Lions have to navigate between three different cultures: the one they…

Languages) in my fifth year of my Education course, to assist my teaching of English overseas. Not only will it enhance my ability to become an English teacher but also it will teach valuable abilities that will resonate with students of different ethnographies in a variety of environments (Anderson, 2009; Lareau, 2010; Groundwater-Smith, et.al, 2003). Furthermore, it will enrich my ability to plan new and relevant pedagogical lesson that strategically facilitates the knowledge of lower-English…

A few weeks before school began, I was sitting in the library working with other teachers on some projects. It was one of those easy summer workdays and you could tell because everyone was wearing shorts and t-shirts. We were working hard at preparing lessons for the upcoming year. We abruptly stopped our work when a large group of kids came in. They were a touring group of incoming freshmen and their guide was a senior. “Here you can see some of the teachers you might have next year……

Are people motivated by and do they care about their health and numbers? Are people aware and understand Body Composition testing and services? What motivates people to manage their health? Our research included: 8 one-on-one interviews 3 ethnographies 3 focus groups 1 quantitative survey An analysis of Simmons OneView data Based on our research, we recommend the Young Active Health Manager (YAHM) as DEXAMAP’s target consumer. YAHMs are individuals who prioritize seeing results in their…

A Method to the Madness: Understanding the Politics of Irrigation in the Andes. Paul Gelles, Water and Power in Highland Peru: The Cultural Politics of Irrigation and Development is an interesting take on the evolution and adaptation of the indigenous traditions surrounding irrigation water in the Colca valley of Peru. Gelles describes how traditional systems of irrigation coexist and compete along modern, government-sponsored models. The main focus is on how “competing structures of power and…

Trump has gone under increasing fire for saying that black neighborhoods were “war zones” when referring to urban black neighborhoods. However Trump fails to appeal to the growing black middle-class, a racial class represented in Karyn R. Lacy’s ethnography Blue-Chip Black. Blue-Chip Black reveals the racial and socioeconomic undertones involved in navigating and maintaining the complex set of identities held by the black middle class. Although the economic climate has shifted since the release…