Definition and facts
What is ethnography?
Describing and interpreting a culture-sharing group
What methods does the ethnographic primarily use?
Primarily observations and interviews and sometimes field notes.
This social science focuses on the study of human beings, their behavior, culture, and society.
Anthropology
Fill in the blank, Margaret _________.
Mead
When conducting an ethnography, who does the researcher cover?
Ethnography might cover the full group or only a subject of it
What should your research study focus on if you're choosing to use an ethnographic approach?
Describing and interpreting a culture-sharing group.
In the case study of the Amish community in Lancaster County, what two main ethnographic methods were used?
Participant observation and interviews
Who is known as the "Father of Anthrograpy?"
Franz Boas
A researcher's attention/focus is directed by ______ when performing an ethnography.
Theory
What are the two types of interviews?
One-on-one interviews and focus group interviews
In the public health case study, semi-structured interviews were used to allow participants to lead the conversation and gather __________ data.
rich and detailed data
What is the title of Margaret Mead's most popular book?
Coming to Age in Samona
When conducting an ethnography, what does the researcher search for?
they search for patterns—also known as rituals, customary social behaviors, and or regularities
What interview format provides an opportunity for participants to respond to the interview questions freely from their own points of view?
A in-depth semistructured interview
In the case study "Bisexuality, Bad Girls, and Bullying", what other mode of data collection were used to obtain the research besides participant observation and interviews?
Artifact collection
Who created the term 'social anthropology'?
Bronislaw Malinowski
What were the 2 kinds of ethnography discussed in our presentation?
Realist and critical ethnography
What type of interview is an appropriate research tool in complex and sensitive fields of research
An ethnographic interview!
For the Business case study, how were vignettes used to provide the researchers data to study?
Provided information not as it factually happened, but in a way that helps focus on the relationship building in the work place.
Where did Bronislaw Malinowski perform his ethnographic study?
New Guinea