Los Angeles Valley College Etic Fieldwork Project Discussion
Description
Prompt
For the Etic Fieldwork Project, you’ll visit a community that you do not belong to in order to interview a few members. Then, you’ll write 1-2 page research paper that explains the beliefs, practices, and worldview of that community.
Students are expected to achieve the following:
Specifically define and identify the cultural community or movement
Apply the theoretical approaches and/or arguments from a variety of other anthropologists to their own fieldwork in a meaningful and complex way
Clearly describe ethnographic research methods by demonstrating an understanding of participant observation
- Visit the community at least one time (preferably 2-3 visits)
- Conduct a series of interviews with diverse members of the community
- Forge a personal connection with at least one contact in the community
- Employ as many participant observation methods as possible
- Obtain consent (using the designated consent forms) from all informants and participants (turn in here); make final work available to the community
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