Personal Ethnography Report

Culture is defined as the traditions, customs, norms, beliefs, values and thought patterning passed down from generation to generation (Jandt 2010). The world consists of many different cultures. In this Ethnographic Interview, I was given the opportunity to explore and learn more about a culture different from my own. Through observation I’ve have seen how people of different cultures differ from mines. For example, the type of foods a person

This is my first time that I come to New York, so I am curious about many things in this new place, such as the famous resorts, and the people here. As we know, the Times Square is very famous in New York. When I was in China, I hope I can visit Times Square, because I saw Times Square was very great in some of the opening of American series. Now, I am in New York, and I have enough chances to visit Times Square whenever I want. In there, it gives me a new horizon to understand the culture that is different from China.

On the playground, I met who will soon to be my first best friend, shortly after I had my first kiss. Kissing a girl, I felt so scared of what it meant that I knew I had to make myself the way I believed was right. I thought the best way was denying and eliminating all feelings that I had of the opposite sex because I never saw two of the same sex could be together. Little did I know my mom is gay but, she was too afraid to talk about it at the time so, it led me to struggle with my sexuality growing up. I developed strong feelings for my best friend and I believed that I just loved her because she was my best friend. I quickly learned that I loved her in a stronger way and still not knowing how to deal with my feelings, I started to hate my

Beginning with the early stages of savagery to the complex civilizations in the 21st century, the need to compete remains an important aspect in the continual evolution of mankind. Competition took various forms throughout history from the bloody attempts to kill a mammoth in order to provide nourishment, to the violent battles between two opposing sides taking place on college football fields every Saturday afternoon. Another form of competition involving severe contact on a scale par with football is the sport of rugby. My personal history with the sport began in a medium sized island in Polynesia. I lived and worked in New Zealand during the summer of 1999, between my sophomore and junior year. This little

A dusty, scarlet photo album lay on my parent’s homemade drawer. Curiously, I flipped a few pages and landed on a section of an unfamiliar, quirky-looking boy. Upon closer examination, I realized that the boy was none other than myself! In a state of awe and nostalgia, I quickly scanned the miniscule two-inch squares, each subsequent one capturing physical maturity along with the loss of baby fat. As I reviewed each photo, I began to contemplate my past and realize how much I have grown through the years.

Once the song was fully memorized I practiced it with the recording accompaniment. I learned when to come in from the piano intro and how long to wait after the different phrases and sections. There were no dynamics for the voice part, so I added them in where I saw fit based on the phrases and lyrics, and was highly influenced by a recording sung by Cecilia Bartoli at the Berliner Philharmoniker with Daniel Barenboim.

My original topic I chose was intended to be the study of the shopping differences between men and women, with other factors being taken into consideration. I had picked this topic because I know in today’s society, women are pictured as over-emotional and over-spending who can’t control themselves. I wanted to somehow prove this wrong. During my four hours researching, I found that no one was buying anything. I decided to switch my question into something that was more applicable: Are people still buying things at the mall? I would watch as groups of people walk past carrying nothing. If no one was buying, why are malls still being built?

Low, Taplin, and Lamb, Battery Park City An Ethnographic Field Study of the Community Impact

To understand ethnographic observation, in assignment six we were to conduct an observation of elevator behaviors. I have choose the elevators located in the New Science Building of Eastern Kentucky University of Richmond campus. I have observed total of 13 minutes in two separated dates, on February, 8th from 10:00 AM to 10:05 AM; February 9th from 11:00 AM to 11:05 AM, and 12:15 Pm to 12:18 PM

Working on the laptop. Reading navigating on the mobile phone. Listening to music. Watching video on the PC.

Ryan (pseudonym) is a 20-year-old male. Ryan was raised in Janesville, Wisconsin. The client described that his family struggles financially. He comes from a single parent home and is an only child. He has currently relocated to Whitewater, Wisconsin and lives with four roommates. He is presently in his third year at UW-Whitewater. Ryan works around 35 hours a week in retail in addition to going to school full-time. Ryan hopes to own a “New and Used” shoe store after graduation.

Ever since a few years ago I have always wanted to become a photographer. I feel as if photography flows through my veins and out my finger to snap the perfect picture. I started out by taking pictures of things in my backyard, and they turned out really good and ever sense then I have been taking photography. As shy as I am going to Cranbrook has changed the way I look at my photography and the way I look at the world in general, but most of all not being not so scared to meet new people. At first I was extremely scared to go to the school, no part of me wanted to even go. But, when you get an opportunity like what I did, take it! You won't regret it.

Throughout the years of a child going into adulthood the child behaves the way they thoughtlessly choose. Poor decision making is a part of this transition which can eventually lead to things such as an increase in unprotected sex, destructive behavior and even substance abuse in some cases (“Jaeger”). In this article Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, also known as fMRI, studies have been “completed to divulge the certain mechanisms located in the brain that underlie the cause of this typical inhibitory control limitations with the developmental period” (“Jaeger”). The goal of this article was to get people to understand some of the features of a healthy brain in youth today and why there is a reduced inhibitory control capacity among these adolescents. The youth in this study had lower activity in numerous brain regions that were associated with inhibitory control. The activity that was found in these regions might underlie the lower inhibitory control that is related to the developmental period up until adulthood (“Jaeger”).

In AP Language, Junior year, an ethnography paper was assigned. After significant deliberation on which subculture I was going to study, I landed on the Mormon seminary class at my school. Despite having many friends who have been taking seminary since ninth grade, I did not know much about it. Furthermore, not being raised in a religious family, means I do not hold many values associated with religion. I remember being scared that, when I arrived, I would catch on fire or be painfully awkward in some other way.

The true photographer knows many worlds other than this one. The true photographer is more than just an individual trained to capture images. They, like those creating with clay, ink, paint, or celluloid, are artists of a unique craft.