... , Traditional epistemologies systematically exclude the possibility that women could be "knowers" or agents of knowledge; they claim that the voice of science is a masculine one (page 3). She goes on to suggest that traditional philosophy of science suggest that the origin of scientific problems or hypotheses is irrelevant to the "goodness" of the results of the research. However, feminist challenges reveal that the questions that are asked in social ... knowledge. Stanley and Wise (1993) also attack the method of ethnography in social research, claiming that it is an approach, which is ...

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... -alone descriptions that cannot be linked to broader issues and be used to develop existing theories about human culture. As Denscombe, (1998,p72) explains: "If each ethnographic study produces a one-off, isolated piece of information, these pieces cannot contribute to the building up of any generalized knowledge about human societies." However a researcher could take the middle ground and hold on to the importance ... would then retain it's naturalness and it would avoid the need to gain permission for access. However this method does present many ethical problems because the students w...

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... Longitudinal Case Studies -demographic characteristics -pregnancy -social strata III. Focus Groups -budget cuts -research in African American community -bereavement and loss -women head of household -birth experience -culture IV. Ethnographic Questionnaire *open ended interview based on: -background -social -environment -political -economic -attitude towards research -personal -perceptions of the future V. Community Participation -NY Urban League -community dialogue group -community advisory board ... Theses women usually have multiple jobs as well as sources of income. Mullings stresses ...

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... chose to do an ethnographic survey of two local fast food restaurants. I had visited each of these restaurants, observing work ethic, the style of work in respect to Fordism and Taylorism, types of people that work at these restaurants, as well as customers that go to each of these restaurants. Both of the restaurants were in the ... these customers needed to realize that the employees are only able to do so much at once. Better management would have really helped the process of getting food out to the customers much quicker. If the manger acted as a team leader and encouraged the employ...

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... , as well as listings of musical events in the city. Its readership included subscribers across the United States and in several foreign countries. Information scarce - In the young discipline of popular music studies, material on musicmaking in local communities is scarce. As Sara Cohen has said, 'What is particularly lacking in the literature is ethnographic data and microsociological detail.' That ... 's particularly true of New Orleans, where even though there's massive amounts of books that mention the city and its music, they"re not scholarly or useful by any means. So outside acade...

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... influence employees and their behavior. However, anthropology brings several strengths to business. One is the participant-observer approach to research. This emphasizes looking at what people do in addition to asking them what they do. Survey research can be affected by perceived power relationships with the corporate hierarchy so that people's responses are affected by what they ... think is the goal of research. The participant-observer approach involves working with people over a longer period of time. This insider or outsider viewpoint often helps anthropologists to understand thin...

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