WEEK 6 - ETHNOGRAPHY

Question 1

What is ethnography

Answer 1

focus on ordinary social situation or events within a specific context

Question 2

Holistic understanding

Answer 2

• understanding another ways of life from their perspective (or ones experiencing it)
• uncovering cognitive model or patterns of behavior

Question 2

BC

Values underpinning ethnography- culture

Answer 2

Behavior - patterns of group behaviors and customs, way of life and what it produces
Cognitive - consist of beliefs, knowledge and ideas that people use as they live

Question 2

context

Answer 2

• where theyre coming from - where they live
• time, place, culturl beliefs, values, practice

Question 3

eMIC - mics are usually inside a room - insider

emic vs etic view

Answer 3

EMIC - Insider:
ETIC - outsider

Question 4

Emic advantage and disadvantage

Answer 4

• familiar/ has some knowledge of context
• share identity, language, experential knowledge
  ADV:
• access and acceptance
• trust and openness
• in depth generation of data
  DISADV:
• blurs understanding due to researchers familiarity
• role conflict
• influence of researchers perspective

eg: If you had to talk to someone who was the same race as you about a personal experience - emic

Question 5

etic advantage and disadvantage

Answer 5

etic - outsider view, unfamiliar with context
ADV:
objective understanding
access information that insider may not be privy to

DISADV:
- difficulty establishing trust and gaining access
- issues of misrepresentation
- cultural shock

eg: same thing but this time you have to go and talk to an indigenous person

Question 6

types of ethnography

Answer 6

Critical
feminist
geriatric

Question 7

Critical ethnography

Answer 7

• systems of opression and domination of those in margnal positions or those with less power
• taken for granted assumptions that gude human behavior and interaction

Question 8

feminist

Answer 8

• expose patterns of oppression and power that shapes women lives
• attend to intersecting impact of race, class, ethnicity, sexuality and others that sustain opression

Question 9

geriatric

Answer 9

• issues of health and aging as it relates to cultural beliefs, values and practice among racial groups
• disparity and inequities faced by racialized older adults

Question 10

CIFAD - Can I Fall Asleep Doe?

different forms of ethnography

Answer 10

Classical - providing insight about a group/culture
Instituitional - focus on peoples everyday lives and how their lives are organized and coordinated by instituional forces
Focus - cultures and subcultures
Autoethnography - personal experience to understand cultural experience (narcissist much?)
Digital- online communit and culture