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Essay Instructions: Ethnographic Explorations

Using the ethnographic techniques outlined in Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes write a one-page ethnographic description of an Apple store. The assignment consists of two parts: fieldwork observations and write-up.

Fieldwork observations:
Spend some time at your store and try to observe/jot notes on the interactions that take place, the organization of space, the services provided, the display of products etc. Pay attention to the mundane details, repetitions, out of the ordinary interactions etc.

Write-up:
Based on the notes taken on the field, write a one-page description of the store, highlighting what are some of the elements of its design that make it more or less successful.

Essay Instructions: Ethnographic field study: Conduct a 1-hour observation on 2 different dates. The observations will be conducted at the same place, and at the same time of day, in a diverse setting such as a place of worship, a public high school, a college campus, a political gathering, or a sporting event. Before you conduct your observations, you will write an explanation of your predispositions of how you think people will behave in this setting.
For example, if you were to choose a church for your observations, do you have any foregone conclusions about how the people there will participate in the service, treat each other, treat their children, and treat you? Come up with your own theories, and then test your theory through actively observing (interacting when appropriate) within the context of the setting.

First, select the diverse setting where you will be conducting your observations.
Next, before you conduct your observations, briefly write how you think people will behave in this setting. Be sure to reference any past examples or experiences that you used to formulate your predictions.

Conduct your observations. For each observation, complete the following:
Observe people coming in, mingling, and going out. Write down your observations of who, what, when, and where, and speculate on the why of their behavior.

How do people enter?
How are they dressed?
Whom are they with?
Where do they sit?
How do they react to others?
How do they participate in the gathering?
What are they doing?
When do they respond?
Why do you think they behave the way they do in this setting?

Compare the 2 studies.
Identify any new conclusions and theories you may have developed about the behavior of people in the setting you chose.
How do they differ from your original hypotheses? Explain.
What did you learn in the process?

What behaviors did you observe that you would like to examine with experimental research? Explain.
What theories did you create or consider by doing this study, and how would you go about furthering your study of human behavior through this technique? Explain.
What did you learn about social psychology and the differences between styles of research? Explain.
Which do you think is most beneficial in studying group behavior? Why?

Essay Instructions: Ethnographic Research Paper: Select a culture unlike your own to research, observe and analyze. Conduct a literature review (using ONLY academic journal articles; NO WEBSITES about the culture they have chosen. Once you have chosen a particular culture you must find a family or another group who is a native of that culture and interview those people in depth, on multiple occasions, as well as participate in at least 3 of the following: a recreational activity, a religious ceremony, a meal in someone’s home, or a cultural activity unique to that group. In addition to exploring and assessing the specific family/group, you must write about ethnographic research techniques and processes. In addition, you must describe the reflexive process of getting to know themselves in comparison to getting to know those who are from a different culture. This assignment must have at least 10 academic, peer-reviewed references and must be written and presented in APA format.

APA 6TH EDITION FORMAT IS A MUST....ARTICLES NEED DOI NUMBERS OR URL WHERE THE ARTICLE CAN BE VIEWED.
HEADINGS NEED TO BE INCLUDED EX. INTRODUCTION...
DO NOT CHOOSE THE CAUCASIAN CULTURE
ONCE YOU DECIDE ON A CULTURE PLEASE EMAIL ME...
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Essay Instructions: This essay is for a course titled 'Issues in the Anthropology of Film' and deals with anthropology for the masses. This is obviously in the form of ethnographic films made for TV or Hollywood. The essay must refer to the following films:

Film:
Chris Curling and Melissa Llewlyn-Davies, Masai Women, 1974, 52 mins.
Melissa Llewlyn-Davies, Memories and dreams, 1993, 92 min.
Melissa Llewellyn-Davies, The Women’s Olamal, 1984, 115 min. [one of the most powerful anthropological films ever made]
Jamie Uys, The Gods Must Be Crazy, 1980, 109 min.
Todd Holland, Krippendorf’s Tribe, 1998, 95 min.
The Granada Television” Disappearing World “Series.
The BBC Television “ World’s Apart” Series.
The BBC Television Series “Under the Sun”

Do add footnotes.

Please find below the appropriate articles to refer to for the essay. PLEASE DO MOST OF YOUR RESEARCH FROM THESE!!

I am attaching the Jay Ruby article as well as another. Will try and get some of the others as well.

Peter Loizos, “The Loita Maasai films: televised culture” in Innovation in Ethnographic Film: From innocence to self-consciousness, 1955-1985. Manchester University Press, 1993, pp. 115-138.

Jay Ruby, “The viewer Viewed: The Reception of Ethnographic Films” in Picturing Culture: Explorations of Film & Anthropology. University of Chicago Press, 2000, pp. 181-193.

Wilton Martinez, “Who constructs anthropological knowledge? Toward a theory of ethnographic film spectatorship” in Peter Ian Crawford and David Turton, eds., Film as Ethnography, University of Manchester Press, 1992, pp. 131-161.

Anna Grimshaw, Conversations with Anthropological Film-makers: Melissa Llewellyn-Davies. Prickly Pear Press, 1995.

Anna Grimshaw, “The anthropological television of Melissa Llewlyn-Davies” in The Ethnographer’s Eye: Ways of seeing in modern anthropology. Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 149-171.

Andre Singer and Leslie Woodhead, Disappearing World: Television and Anthropology. Boxtree Limited and Granada Televison, 1988.

David MacDougall, “Films of Memory,” in L. Taylor ed., Visualizing Theory: Selected Essays from V.A.R., 1990-1994. Routledge, 1994, pp. 260-269.

Keyan Tomaselli, “Myths, racism and opportunism: film and TV respresentations of the San,” in Peter Ian Crawford and David Turton, eds., Film as Ethnography, 1995, pp. 205-221.

Andre Singer, “Anthropology in broadcasting” in Peter Ian Crawford and David Turton, eds., Film as Ethnography, University of Manchester Press, 1992, pp. 264-273.

Terence Wright, “Television narrative and ethnographic film” in Peter Ian Crawford and David Turton, eds., Film as Ethnography, University of Manchester Press, 1992, pp. 274-282.

David Turton, “Anthropology on television: what next?” in Peter Ian Crawford and David Turton, eds., Film as Ethnography, University of Manchester Press, 1992, pp. 283-299.

Richard Chalfen, “Hollywood Makes Anthropology: The Case of Krippendorf’s Tribe” in Visual Anthropology, 2003, vol. 16, pp. 375-391.

Carol Lutz and Jill Collins, Reading National Geographic. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.


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