And with the investigation of ethnography is no different. Ethnography can be described as the investigation of populations. ... It seems that there is a gap in the research into online ethnography between subject and researcher. This problem is described in the article "Ethnographic Approaches to the internet and computer-mediated communication". ... To continue to effectively explore some of the main and enduring concerns of ethnographic research (such as the nature of specific social worlds and subcultures, the construction of identity, the beliefs, values, and world views under lying human...

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Ethnography is a description of peoples or cultures and involves the researcher going into the "field" to experience life with the chosen culture. ... Comparisons must also be made to other similar ethnographies, perhaps those based at other educational institutions or research carried out on students, say thirty years ago. An advantage of ethnography to study the students is that it has an open awareness of the role of the researchers "self" in the study. ... However this method does present many ethical problems because the students would not have consented to take part. ... Ethnogra...

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The strength of the book is that it includes the personal problems that emerge with the frustrations, boredom, tribulations, and misinterpretations that inevitably emerge in the context of "doing ethnography" as well as a true test of cultural relativism through out his journey. ... Fieldwork is made up of fact gathering data and turning it into ethnography. ... Then he needed permission to do research. ... Many anthropologist order their needs and have them shipped to the country of research but problems with that also exist due to customs, stealing, bribery, damaged, etc. ... He e...

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On Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at Gambrell Auditorium she spoke in regards to "The Sojourner Syndrome: Participatory research and women's health in Harlem, New York. ... Use ethnographic inquiry 2. ... 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. ... Pollution also impacts the birth pr...

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The ethnography is based on the identity and differences of the Beng. ... An experiment in ethnography that future projects might well emulate."... --John Mccall, Journal of Folklore Research. ... One of the reasons would be mental retardation or psychological problems. ... Overall the ethnography was very well written and full of details. ...

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Visual methods of research are where a researcher collates data which in the main is generated by the participant; this data then goes on to be the basis of the researcher's analysis or, can be used as a base for further research. ... Within Visual research you see "the power can swing between both parties" (Flewitt, 2014); as whilst the researcher selects the design of the research it is the participant which views the visual material. However, problems can arise due to this approach as it always requires real life context where data is based on the participant's interpretation mov...

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Moreover, we will attempt to explain how feminists, with the introduction of new ways of investigating society - that is, the introduction of new subject-areas in social research, the placing of the researcher along with the research in the centre of research analysis, or the emphasis of the importance of locating experience and emotions in the research, challenge conventional epistemologies. ... 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. ... As a resu...

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Her review looked at the evolution of mathematical assessments to its present emphasis on problem-solving. Choose a format that will allow your readers to make the connection between your literature review and the AR study by establishing the theoretical foundation of the action, curriculum review, self-study, or ethnography you later describe in your AR paper. ... This section is the heart and soul of your action research paper. ... • What was your action research journey like? ... • What have you learned about action research? ...

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Further, the role of community-based nursing entails collaborating with nurses with the communities, as well as the populations in addressing healthcare and social problems. ... The nursing role includes monitoring and problem-solving where he or she carries out an assessment of the client, involve in care planning, suggest referrals and service coordination. ... Part of the problem is linked to the fact that practices in the community-based nursing are mostly contrasted with the acutely hospitalized setting practices. ... Therefore, CHNs can build up sustainable programs with the capacity of ...

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For this assignment I chose to do an ethnographic survey of two local fast food restaurants. ... But also it seems as though the problems that occurred in these two restaurants had to do with black people. ... From doing this ethnographic study, I not only observed the work ethics and style of fast food restaurants, but was able to learn what field research is like. ...

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In 1959 he published Words and Things, an ethnography which criticized and angered his philosophy teachers at Oxford. ... According to Gellner, the transformation of the "closed, intimate community" in which most people once lived into open, large-scale market systems produce "the central problem facing contemporary societies," the seemingly irresolvable conflict between an individualistic mode of thought and a desire for the spiritual comfort of community."... Thomas Nairn said: "I am one of many researchers in this area who feel the loss of Gellner deeply and personally. ...

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The first method he refers to as "classic ethnography,"" which, as Riesman says, "seeks to record the life of a society by fitting its practices, artifacts, and beliefs into a set of rubrics (e.g., "kinship,"" "religion,"" "economy-) established in the traditions of the discipline- (Reisman, 1). ... The problem we encounter with digging deeper into a people's mind is that our data becomes less factual and more hypothetical, considering we will never be able to know the exact thoughts and views a person or culture entertains. In Part One: The Tawaangal of the Jelgobe, Ri...

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I use this narrative anecdote to introduce this ethnographic study because it highlights the unifying and cathartic power that the ideology of our "war on terror" has upon Americans, as illuminated within the microcosm of Boston College. ... Significance of the Problem I selected the events of April 19th as the focus of this study because I am interested to see how student actions that night contribute to the ideology of American exceptionalism and the related issue of America's twelve-year campaign against Islamic terror. ... In light of my studies on American exceptionalism an...

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Problem Statement Sepsis is a syndrome caused by systemic inflammatory response of the individual in an uncontrolled way with an infection. ... Purpose and Research Questions: Sepsis is a condition that could potentially be prevented if a nurse was equipped with the knowledge and science in order to recognize and prevent its development, and addressing the condition appropriately upon the first signs of symptoms of sepsis. ... Multiple research articles were included that ranged from quantitative to qualitative studies in the past. ... By understanding potential strengths or deficiencies nurs...

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After all, problem identification and solution selection are underpinned by ideology and values (Greenhalgh & Russell 2009). ... Still, the realist model dismisses the issue of flawed objectivity present at the preliminary stages of policy making: defining the problem, the solution and what counts as evidence in a particular context is laden with controversy. ... Despite this political rhetoric7, there is nothing novel about using knowledge generated through scientific methods in order to address social problems (Sanderson 2002: p1). ... A horses-for-course approach It is unquestionable that...

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For the both of us choosing a congregation for research was a very difficult task. Considering the fact that both of us are half Jewish, we did not have any prior schooling or extensive research on this topic; we chose to study a Jewish religious community. ... We asked him about his relationship with Rabbi Krupnik, he said that the Rabbi serves as a sort of a mentor, and helps out with people's problems. ... He laughed and smiled, saying it wasn't a problem at all, and in fact he invited us to his house for a Passover dinner with his family. ... This ethnography research was very ed...

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Having read the two ethnographies of C. ... In my opinion, this misunderstanding might have occurred because of the different time of doing the research by these two anthropologists. ... According to D.A.Percival, an anthropologist who has done research on the Mambila, certain practices among their village were not mentioned by Meek and Rehfisch. ... From what I read from Reffisch's ethnography, slavery marriage was considered to be a grave insult to refer to a person's slave ancestry. ...

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Meanwhile, low-income families have a variety of health related problems and a possible lack of health insurance that can increase disadvantages and withhold educational attainment (Lecture, 1/23/14). MacCleod's arguments and research on reproduction across generations provides evidence as to why schools are a reproduction vehicle. MacLeod's ethnography on the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers, shows how no matter the aspirations and determination of some of the members, class structure still remains. ...

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I, like others, in the same boat, feel the exigency of this orchestration, as I encounter the problems of differences in opinions between my students and me both inside and outside the classroom. ... Liberal education puts weight on the free exercise and association of knowledge facilitating 'polyvocality' consisting of various discourses.3 Nevertheless, the problems I have been faced with are significant in relation to differences-cultural or others. ... The aims of the course are: To introduce you to a range of major authors and works of the period To introduce you to key theme...

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Ethnography is a collection of qualitative methods used in the social sciences that focus on the close observation of social practices and interactions in how they work with contrast to one another. ... The last type of ethnologist, a cross-cultural researcher, uses data to explain why different cultures vary and to find general patterns in cultural traits. ... They do not explain why each culture takes a different approach to the same problem. ...

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However, recent researches show that Nationalism came up with the creation of nations and has been developing consequently. ... They are North Ireland, Former Yugoslavia, Basques problem in the South region of Spain, Kurds problem in Turkey and Iraq, Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict, Chechnya and so on. We have encountered with specific ethnical problems which are required years even centuries to be unraveled. ...

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