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# Ethnographic report on observations of public behavior

^ Due | April 3 at 5:00 p.m. |
^ Length | 1000 words |
^ Weight | 20% |

**Update March 19, 2020: This writing assignment has been changed and has new instructions. See [[story analysis]] on this site and on the class Canvas site.**

At the end of our module on fieldwork and ethnographic analysis,
we want you to experiment with using the techniques of
qualitative observation and description that ethnographers
use. You will make your own observation of other people's
behavior in public (e.g. at the store, on the bus, on the
sidewalk, in the library, etc.) and then write a description and
analysis of a public setting as a social institution in which
people play specific roles. During the second module, we will
provide more guidance on how to choose your own field site, how
to make notes, and how to develop an ethnographic description
and analysis of your observations. There will also be further
instructions on Canvas. Your report will take the form of an
essay in which you draw a conclusion about what the patterns you
observe tell you about the setting as an element of a larger
cultural system.

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