Ethnography

Ethnography Report – Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma The tribe I’ll be discussing throughout my ethnography report are the Cherokee Indians. There are three sub-tribes to the Cherokee’s which are the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees. Although they all originate from the same tribe/settlement, I’m going to be discussing the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Today, this tribe of Cherokee’s live within 14 counties of Northeastern Oklahoma.…

Ethnography is any research project that reveals a target audience’s range of behaviors and beliefs that lead them to certain actions based environment. It references specific topics or issues where the intent is to provide a detailed, in-depth description of everyday life depending on the individual or groups circumstances. There are many characteristics of high quality Urban Ethnography. The study of ones culture is a very important tool when ethnography is taking place. This allows…

Choir has been a very opening experience for me. When I was little I was extremely shy and would be scared to really to period because I felt like they were always judging every single word that came out of my mouth. I didn't like to participate in any school activities because I was such an introvert, but throughout elementary and middle school the only thing I participated in and actually enjoyed was choir. The very few friends that I had were in choir because that is where I spent most of my…

I believe that hardcore music overall has impacted today’s youth in a positive way. Speaking from experience, hardcore music and the community, or scene, surrounding it have impacted me in a very positive way. Throughout high school, and for a little while after, I never thought I belonged anywhere. I never thought people were happy to see me or know I was around. Then I happened across the scene, and it was like I found what was missing from my life. I finally found a group of people…

An established neighborhood located north of North Sam Houston Parkway West and Cypress Creek Parkway also known as FM 1960 West, east of State Highway 249 and west of I-45. The immediate neighborhood is bordered by Louetta Rd to the south, Stuebner Airline Rd to the east, and Spring Cypress Rd to the North. Champion Forest Dr. and Theiss Mail Route Rd are the main streets that go through the neighborhood. Memorial Northwest is located in zip code 77379. The Appeal of Memorial Northwest…

Coffee House Culture Introduction The aim of this ethnography was to observe differences in the cultural environment of those who go to Starbucks vs those who go to Cianfrani’s. I chose this topic because it is an atmosphere that is not usually dwelt on. Think about it, whenever you go to a coffee shop you pretty much stay in your own little bubble, be it just you or you and some friends. Really no one looks beyond that little bubble. This ethnography pops that bubble and observes a setting…

five different stores and finally I chose three stores to talk about. They are Hollister, Urban Outfitters and Apple Store. I will be looking at them through different theories. I used sensory ethnography and visual method to understand and evaluate those store. Sensory ethnography is a re thinking of ethnography methods and process with attention to sensory perception and experience. It is suitable for social research and interventions that want to understand place in other people’s worlds by…

“Ethnography literally means 'a portrait of people.' An ethnography is a written description of a particular culture - the customs, beliefs, and behaviour - based on information collected through fieldwork.” - Marvin Harris and Orna Johnson (2000) Introduction An ethnography is a form of research that brings insight to specific issues that would be hard to understand as an outsider looking into a certain culture. Ethnographies enlighten others and give reasoning to a cultures beliefs, practices…

Mini-Ethnography For my mini-ethnography project, I chose to research the life at the restaurant located down the street from my dormitory building. The primary focus of this ethnography is to compare the norms of the employees when the supervisor is present at the restaurant and when she is absent. As defined by Richard T. Schaefer, the author of, “Sociology: A Brief Introduction,” a norm is “an established standard of behavior maintained by a society.” How does the standard of ethical behavior…

There are many difficulties with anthropology and taking a narrow view, led me to ask at the start of the course in my tutorial presentation “Is Anthropology and Ethnography worthwhile?” Difficulties with suspicion of intellectual voyeurism such as in Margret Mead’s "Coming of Age in Samoa”, did it sell because it was scientific or because it titillated. There is difficulties as revisionist view that it is just cultural imperialism for it seems to be a western study of people under colonial…