Group 5

Group Members

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Denise Haugh

Methodology

To establish these patterns, the ethnographer engages in extensive work in the field, called fieldwork, gathering information through observations, interviews, and materials helpful in developing a portrait and establishing "cultural rules" of the culture-sharing group.

Sensitive to these field issues, the procedures in ethnography call for a detailed description of site culture-sharing group or individual, an analysis of the culture-sharing group by themes or perspectives, and some interpretati011 of the culture-sharing group for meanings of social interaction and generalizations about human social life

Description

Ethnography involves describing and interpreting a cultural or social group or system. The researcher examines the patterns and ways of life of a cultural group over a prolonged period of time, immersing him/herself in the day-to day lives of the people in that group or by conducting one-to-one interviews.

Characteristics

An ethnographic researcher concentrates on what people do and say, and observes the tension between what these people really do and what they ought to do; in addition to observing what people make and use. The researcher finds stories, rituals, and myths, and exposes cultural themes as he or she gathers artifacts and evidence. Culture is viewed as something that is amorphous.

The researchers gather the information through conversation and interviews.

Examples

international students communication problems in UBC

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