{"id":23323,"date":"2023-07-07T04:35:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T04:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/conduct-a-brief-participant-observation-or-ethnographic-study-wherein-they-study-and-or-participate-in-a-particular-group-event-or-social-organization\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T04:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T04:35:15","slug":"conduct-a-brief-participant-observation-or-ethnographic-study-wherein-they-study-and-or-participate-in-a-particular-group-event-or-social-organization","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/conduct-a-brief-participant-observation-or-ethnographic-study-wherein-they-study-and-or-participate-in-a-particular-group-event-or-social-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"conduct a brief participant observation or ethnographic study wherein they study and\/or participate in a particular group event or social organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 5px 0px; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Students will conduct a brief participant observation or ethnographic study wherein they study and\/or participate in a particular group event or social organization. Examples of events include: visiting a religious group (other than the one the student usually attends), hanging out at a&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px 0px; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">coffee shop, attending a sporting event, a park play date, or any volunteer organization.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px 0px; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Students can also choose to participate in a virtual event (e.g. zoom meeting, online church,&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px 0px; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">online small groups, etc.) if preferred. Students must observe the social environment for no less than one hour and write down detailed observations including, but not limited to: the&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px 0px; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">demographics of the individuals or groups in the setting, conversations that can be overheard,&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px 0px; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">gestures and body language of those in the setting, patterns of interaction between individuals\/groups. Students will then analyze their notes from a sociological perspective and identify,&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px 0px; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">define, and apply at least 5 sociological concepts from chapters 1-2 (Ferris and Stein, 2022) at work as well as note anything that may have been surprising or new.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px 0px; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paper should be 2-3 pages of text (not including a cover page and reference(s) page) and&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px 0px; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">formatted in APA. 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