Hi, I need help with my Sociology ETHNOGRAPHIC project. here is the information: THE TOPIC CHOSED FOR ME WAS DIFFERENCE OF CULTURE, bRAZILIAN CULTURE X AMERICAN CULTURE.  WAY TO TALK, DEALLING WITH NEW PEOPLE... plese must need to follow the steps and instructuions This assignment requires you to go out into "the world" and do ethnographic study to explore a social or cultural issue of particular interest to you. You will need to think about four major areas as you develop your project idea and engage in ethnography: Research Topic: (the people, place and phenomenon for research) Possibilities for research may include: Something familiar: If you choose something familiar to you, an organization you belong to or your place of work, for example, try to look at it as if it were strange. Step back. Imagine that you don't know what's going on. Ask some new questions of the situation. If you choose something unfamiliar , try to figure out how it makes sense, what is the logic guiding it, what are the assumptions that you have to understand in order to understand what is going on. A social event: Your project could be an analysis of a ceremony (wedding, quinceniera, or baptism) a social gathering, a place where people come together for one purpose only, like a bus station or a hair salon. You could look at a group that you are a member of--a club, a performing group, a religious organization or even your work place. Or you could choose a topic with which you are not already connected. You can begin by  looking around at places where people congregate or thinking about groups that you are already a part of. A cultural phenomenon: Your project could also be an analysis of a specific cultural phenomenon: traditional healing and home remedies; the preparation of a certain ethnic or family dish; rituals associated with preparation and playing team sports; religious practices associated with particular observances. 2. Research Questions: What are you investigating about this topic? What do you want to find out? What are the questions that you want to ask the individuals involved? Formulate questions that you think you may want to ask your informants about your topic. If you consider yourself a part of this group, think of the aspects that you will want to know more about. These preliminary questions will be listed in your worksheet but once you begin your fieldwork, they may change or you may find additional questions that are relevant to ask. 3. Ethnographic Methods : These are the ways to investigate the issues that interest you in context of the particular topic you have chosen. You will probably use some combination of participation, observation, and interviews.  You MUST get consent from your informant(s). If they want to remain anonymous, then you can just refer to them as “Informant #1”, “Informant #2”, etc. 4. Anthropological Analysis This will include the d iscussion of topic,  your interpretations of the research and it will.

1. Hi, I need help with my Sociology ETHNOGRAPHIC project.
here is the information:
THE TOPIC CHOSED FOR ME WAS DIFFERENCE OF
CULTURE, bRAZILIAN CULTURE X AMERICAN CULTURE.
WAY TO TALK, DEALLING WITH NEW PEOPLE...
plese must need to follow the steps and instructuions
This assignment requires you to go out into "the world" and do
ethnographic study to explore a social or cultural issue of
particular interest to you. You will need to think about four
major areas as you develop your project idea and engage in
ethnography:
Research Topic:
(the people, place and phenomenon for research)
Possibilities for research may include:
Something familiar: If you choose something familiar to you, an
organization you belong to or your place of work, for example,
try to look at it as if it were strange. Step back. Imagine that
you don't know what's going on. Ask some new questions of the
situation. If you choose something
unfamiliar
, try to figure out how it makes sense, what is the logic guiding
it, what are the assumptions that you have to understand in
order to understand what is going on.
A social event: Your project could be an analysis of a ceremony
(wedding, quinceniera, or baptism) a social gathering, a place

2. where people come together for one purpose only, like a bus
station or a hair salon. You could look at a group that you are a
member of--a club, a performing group, a religious organization
or even your work place. Or you could choose a topic with
which
you are not already connected. You can begin by
looking around at places where people congregate or thinking
about groups that you are already a part of.
A cultural phenomenon: Your project could also be an analysis
of a specific cultural phenomenon: traditional healing and home
remedies; the preparation of a certain ethnic or family dish;
rituals associated with preparation and playing team sports;
religious practices associated with particular observances.
2. Research Questions:
What are you investigating about this topic? What do you want
to find out?
What are the questions that you want to ask the individuals
involved? Formulate questions that you think you may want to
ask your informants about your topic. If you consider yourself a
part of this group, think of the aspects that you will want to
know more about. These preliminary questions will be listed in
your worksheet but once you begin your fieldwork, they may
change or you may find additional questions that are relevant to
ask.
3. Ethnographic Methods
:
These are the
ways to investigate the issues that interest you in context of the

3. particular topic you have chosen. You will probably use some
combination of participation, observation, and interviews.
You MUST get consent from your informant(s). If they want to
remain anonymous, then you can just refer to them as
“Informant #1”, “Informant #2”, etc. 4.
Anthropological Analysis
This will include the d
iscussion of topic,
your interpretations of the research and it will
includ
e the emic and etic perspectives. You can include your
personal commentary and any application of anthropological
theories (Remember the 4 anthro dudes? - this is where their
perspectives will apply).
The Essay
:
The paper
needs to be clearly organized and should include the
following and in this order. You can see the point breakdown
for each section
:
1) A description of the
topic,
ethnographic site, grou
p, context, event, or situation.
(5 points)
2) A
brief background of the topic from your personal experience
and/or from sources you have consulted. Your sources must be
reputable academic sources that can be found in the VC library

4. and databases. No Google searches, Wikipedia, Blogs, etc will
be accepted.
(5 points)
3) A discussion of the methods you u
tilized
, what you actually
did
in your fieldwork, and howeffective those methods were. Did
your ideas about your project topic change in the process of
doing ethnographic fieldwork?
(10 points)
4) An account of your observations, w
hat you found out, your results. This is where you may include
excerpts from your interviews and your informants’ commentary
(which of course, will be a part of your emic interpretations.)
(20 points)
5) An
anthropological
analysis
or i
nterpretation of your results. W
hat does it all mean?
Use your text or other sources to support your perspective.
Include your theoretical interpretations using one of the 4
anthro dudes if possible.
You must
to include the emic and etic perspectives in your discussion.
(20 points)
6) A brief bibliography of references used- everyone should
have at least the textbook as a reference.

5. (10 points)
7) Your interview notes and photographs (if applicable.)
Indicate that you did obtain consent from your informants to use
their information for your project.
(15 points)
8) Your worksheet
(15 points)
Your paper should
contain some reflections on your
process,
on how you did the ethnographic work; how you made decisions
about what you did ethnographically; what worked and what
didn’t (and why); who you talked to and who you didn’t talk to
(and why); how the methods you chose might have affected your
findings; and why you think your methods were appropriate
both to your research question and to your research setting.
In the case of interviews, be sure to describe your respondents
in whatever way is relevant to your project (ethnicity, gender,
class, age, etc).
Include at least one (1) reference to the anthropological
approach in your introduction and cite the textbook as you
discuss any or all of the following aspects: ethnography,
participant observation, cultural relativism, ethnocentrism etc.
You
final project will include:
The essay (minimum 5 page paper.) It must include: an

6. introductory paragraph and a conclusion paragraph. If your
informants do not want to be named you may refer to them as,
“my informant” or “my consultant”.