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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01459740.2018.1484740 The article linked above has a number of articles LINKED to it that you may find useful in your writing. Use this article as your research library. You should use at least one of these linked articles in your final paper. Here is the alternative final assignment again. Ethnographic Analysis of the Corona Virus: Participant Observation and Social Distancing Participant observation becomes a challenge in situations of quarantine and social distancing. However, there are many resources which may be observed from afar. The final assignment will require that you do what all ethnographers do…be FLEXIBLE and study the ethnographic phenomena which present themselves to you: the cultural response to the COVID-19 virus. Your fieldsite will be the following: ·       Social media ·       Media (television news sources, talk shows, any non-fictional broadcast) · ...

Listening to Language and Translating What it Has to say About Culture: Take a WORD/PHRASE from your life and "define" it in terms of meaning and usage. give actual examples of the word in usage and then "squeeze the culture" out of it. Discuss your word with your partner.

Fieldworkers look to both verbal and nonverbal language to understand rules and meanings at their fieldsite Why study verbal language? verbal language brings nonverbal thoughts and ideas to the surface language can become the focal point of your research informants "voices" are most clearly transmitted through their verbal communication What do systems of communication reveal? solidarity and exclusion markers aspects unique to culture (jargon) symbolic systems within a culture the relationship between language and culture Nonverbal Communication: Body Language and Culture proxemics-use of and meaning of space kinesics-meaning of body movement and gesture microsignals-gaze (etc.) -unconsciouss small signals touch-meaning and use dress and adornments-meaning of chosen displayed symbols of identity tatoos dress hair piercings teeth makeup plastic surgery or other bodily "mutilations" Linking Words and Culture look for key wo...

The Appearance That "No One Cares." said to lead to the downfall of social order (visible forms of social disorder) requires police (institutional) intervention into serious crime follows in such circumstances if a single broken window means no one cares, then people have licence to break more leads to an unrelenting campaign against the forces that were said to be diminishing the QUALITY OF LIFE for conventional city dwellers* *Crime in cities has diminished in the last four decades whether these policies were applied or not. FOUR INDECENT BEHAVIORS (of street vendors) TARGETED: public urination detaining residents in conversation selling stolen goods sleeping on sidewalks The Logic of the Habitat about 1/3 of the men working the sidewalks sleep outside instead of in inexpensive flop houses all the sustaining elements of the environment are there friends are out there and he feels safe and comfortable NOT a trade-off between drugs or a room sp...

The Big Question: How Can We Reconcile Street Vending With Pedestrian-Friendly Sidewalks? Accra, Bangkok, Chennai, Lima, Manila, Nairobi | 04/01/2013 1:01pm INFORMAL CITY DIALOGUES They’re a critical pillar of the informal economy, but as street vendors multiply, the amount of sidewalk space available for pedestrians is shrinking. The issue of how to make room for such vendors — if at all — is becoming an urgent and controversial issue that cities must face. Below, three perspectives on how to equitably share the pavement. THE CITY OF THE FUTURE WILL BE A “MARKET CITY” BY ETHAN KENT How can cities keep their sidewalks pedestrian-friendly while still allowing informal street vendors to make a living? The negative perception of informal vending is an issue that plagues cities everywhere, but the successful integration of such vendors can add to the lifeblood of a thriving city. Unfortunately, many cities don’t have a vision of a positive role for vending. Around the wo...

(Jacobs) The most habitable cities are those that feature a diversity of uses, ensuring that many people will be coming and going on the streets at any time. -respectable eyes dominate the streets and are fixed on strangers, who will then not get "out of hand." Not always true! more diverse and complex than what she describes varies as to denizens: time of day weekdays in West Village/White Upper Class Weekends: black and hispanic youth unhoused-all the time All intersect at some point in places like Washington Square used to be drug dealing central, but after cameras were installed by NYPD, drug dealing has moved to 8th street by the basketball coursts Every city has a DL (down low) section, where those who wants to test or exceed the limits of the social order go people are separated by great social and economic differences show both social solidarity and cohesion; as well as show tensions Structural Inequality and the demographics of the Sidewalk ...

"Stepping into the Worldview of Others" When we interview informants, we step into their worldview by stepping out of our own, we LISTEN CAREFULLY, but also notice the ARTIFACTS and MANNERISMS through which they express themselves and their identity. Good Interviewing is a collaboration between you and your informant, not very different from a friendly talk. skills: establishing rapport letting your informant drive the direction of the interview: digressing, topic changing, etc. listening carefully steering the interview in response to your informants' accounting THE INTERVIEW Expect the unexpected answer and follow its lead Work from your structured (prepared) questions (theory/assumptions) but listen carefully to answers to see where they go-BE FLEXIBLE It is our job to reveal our informants' perspectives and experiences rather than our own. ASKING QUESTIONS closed questions: answer is finite (don't ask too many) open questions: answer beg...