I hope I am not the only one in our class that enjoyed reading this article by Paul Stoller that beautifully blends the ideas of “Ethnography/Memoir/Imagination/Story.” I think that most Americans have this preconceived notion that storytelling is for children…
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Stoller: Last Thoughts on Subjectivity
by fsnowden • • 2 Comments
I left our last class discussion on Stoller thinking that we have spent much too much time on discussing subjectivity instead of the aims and goals of ethnographic study. I have always thought that subjectivity is an unavoidable hindrance to…
Stoller
by Amble • • 2 Comments
At the beginning of this course, I had a vague idea that the way to ‘do’ ethnography was to show up with a notebook, a recorder, a video camera, observe, come home, edit everything down and end up with something…
Paul Stoller
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Tina Bell English 5870 Dr. Devries 12 May 2009 Commentary 10 “The way in which we choose to write is an ethical issue” (Pryer 10). When I read this line from Pryer’s article two week’s ago, I thought it summed…
Can Old Dogs Learn New Tricks?
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Tina Bell English 5870 28 April 2009 Commentary 8 “There is an assumption that if an ethnographic account is engaging, it cannot be scientific” (Sunstein 192). The argument as to what constitutes scientific research brought up in Sunstein’s article is…
Class Log from April 21–Foucault Discussion
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Class Log Tuesday April 21, 2009 Reading: Michael Foucault “Panopticism” Logged by Keri Ortiz Assignment Update -From Dr. DeVries: Select 4 commentaries to be read and commented on by Dr. DeVries. Everyone should have received feedback on at least one…
Focoult Commentary
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Foucault Commentary “Part Three: Discipline 3. Panopticism” After reading this article I found that I was extremely bothered by this idea of the all seeing eye that can see us at all times even though we can’t…
Commentary 7
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Tina Bell English 5870 21 April 2009 Commentary 7 I do not really understand what Michel Foucault is saying. Well, this is not exactly true. I think I understand a substantial portion of what he is saying, but I am…
5870 Midterm
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Keri Ortiz ENGL 5870 April 7, 2009 Dr. DeVries #4 Brenda Jo Bruggemann writes about existing in the hyphenated world between participant and researcher. She candidly struggles with her part in the process and the cohabitation of both roles. …
Goffman Commentary #5
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“The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life” Erving Goffman In our society we learn in our early years that first impressions are the most important. They are the standard by which all, or at least most, of our relationships…