Question

Write a plan for conducting ethnographic fieldwork within your own community. What culture, other than your own, would you study? What strategies would you employ in your fieldwork? What kinds of analysis would be appropriate for the data you have collected? Consider your fieldwork carefully, including what effect it might have on you. Post your written proposal for fieldwork to your class's online discussion board and ask for feedback about how it could be altered or improved.

Answer 1

Ethnography is the study of culture, living organization,behavioral pattern,diversity and practices followed by particular groups and communities in society. It involves the study of their languages,costumes,dresses,occupation,living methods, instruments used in professional work along with the study of inheritance pattern of skill and precision in music,arts and other occupations like pottery making or handicrafts manufacturing.Further the cooking methodology,hunting,ornaments and decorations designing, and other customs are studied with statistical analysis of data parameters.The strategies and methodologies of work analysis involves multiple ways,progressive ways,reflexivity,establishing a role,theoretical sampling.The mutiple methodology involves the use of statistical parameters for the study of linguistics,languages,signs and communication skills of particular communities.Progressive methods includes the study of problems in the ethnic communities with the study of behavior and relations with the help of statistical probability tests.Reflexivity involves the use of self awareness and skills for the understanding of ethnic race culture and living methodology with theoretical sampling of the problems and designing of models for analysis of various living situations andinteractions of such communities in their own habitat.

There is code of conduct and ethical principles involved in the study of these populations.The advisory board and committee decides the rules of regulations of conducting survey with preservation of name and integrity of people involved in the survey. The study involves the following steps--identification of problems related to the study of ethnic race,study of factors influencing ethnic race,hypothetical flow-chart of methodology and parameters for the study of race, analysis and listing of factors,study of positive and negative factors influencing the ethnic races, their culture, languages,art and handicrafts manufacturing with the methodology of living and upbringing of children as compared to the people in society.Further funding organizations are consulted with the preservation of validity of data without false data analysis, true analysis and study of data with competence,skill,precision and hardwork,sincerety and honesty.The grouping of people who are responsible for the conduction of survey with distribution of duty and manpower accordingly without any destruction or bias to particular colleague studying the ethnic behavior of the community covered under anthropology with study of developmental history,evolution and ancestral lineage in the society.