(Auto)Ethnography Analysis (Part 2) (Thursday)
- Due May 4, 2023 by 6:30pm
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(Auto)Ethnography Analysis
Part One:
In groups of 2-3, share your field notes and mini-ethnographies with each other and answer the following questions. Only one person per group must submit your responses. While you and your group members are responding to the questions (only one group member needs to submit your answers), practice taking field notes. Write down everything you see, hear, learn, etc. Try to focus on what you find to be important about the "in-class assignment experience." You will use these field notes in Part Two.
Questions:
- Who is in your group?
- What communities did they choose for their ethnographies?
- Why did they choose these communities?
- What is their relationship with the communities?
- How did they let their participants know about the ethnography?
- How did the participants react?
- What (if any were necessary) steps were taken to protect the participants?
- What do their field notes look like? How do they compare to yours?
- Summarize their ethnographies (in a sentence or two). What happened? What did they focus on?
- What question did they hope to answer with their ethnography (there might not be one for this mini-ethnography)?
- Did they participate in the community, or were they passive? Why?
- Compare/contrast your ethnographies. What is similar? What is different?
- What did they learn from their ethnographies?
- Do you consider your own ethnography successful? Why or why not?
Part Two:
After you have answered the questions I want you to write your own! Using your field notes from earlier, write a few paragraph mini-observation about what you observed and what you learned about the "in-class assignment experience." Use pseudonyms just to be safe (practicing consent).
Part Three:
Once you have completed your mini-autoethnography, share it with your group and answer the following questions. You do not have to type up your responses - just have a thorough conversation.
Questions:
- Discuss the similarities and differences of your mini-autoethnographies
- What did you choose to focus on?
- Were you an active or passive participant in your observation? Explain.
- What did you learn?
- How did you balance science/art in your mini-autoethnographies?
- What (if any) risks could be posed by doing a larger scale version of this assignment? How could you avoid those risks?
- Are you feeling more confident with this genre? Why or why not?