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Ethnography

Ethnography. Ethnography. A set of procedures related to fieldwork Interviews, observations, participant observations, collecting material Analyses, interpretations Middle Level Theories (ex narrative theory, interactionism) Grand Theories (ex. Marxism, Post Structuralism)

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Ethnography

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  1. Ethnography

  2. Ethnography • A set of procedures related to fieldwork • Interviews, observations, participant observations, collecting material • Analyses, interpretations • Middle Level Theories (ex narrative theory, interactionism) • Grand Theories (ex. Marxism, Post Structuralism) • Cornerstone; interaction between different levels

  3. Ethnography • Impact on theories • Gender • Ethnicity

  4. The Ethnic ProcessBarth’s Vessel MAJORITY MINORITY

  5. The Ethnic ProcessBarth’s Vessel MAJORITY: Muslim MINORITY: Christian

  6. The Ethnic ProcessBarth’s Vessel MAJORITY: Muslim Religion MINORITY: Christian Religion Religion

  7. The Ethnic ProcessBarth’s Vessel MAJORITY: Christian Minority Christian

  8. The Ethnic ProcessBarth’s Vessel MAJORITY: Christian Culture Language MINORITY: Christian Culture Language

  9. Interviews • Semi structured conversation interview

  10. Funnel technique General questions Topics from the list Time Leading questions

  11. Personal bias and Reflexivity • How to control personal bias? • Systematize the research process • Make the personal bias explicit, reflexivity • An example from fieldwork; reflexivity and interactionism • The Third Present • Strategical Synchretism • Power

  12. Identity The contents of identity; two parts • Objective identity • Social identity • Personal identity • Subjective identity • Ego (psychological disposition) • Self presentation

  13. World View & Ethnic HierarchyEmployment marketPsychology First World InternationalSecond WorldThe multicultural / Det mångkulturella Immigrants from 2nd & 3rd world / Invandrare New Swedes / Nya svenskarThird WorldCulture

  14. World View & HierarchyEmployment marketPsychology First WorldSecond WorldCulture Culture sector Media Empl. market Health care Third World Sports sector Circum-scription School Kommuner Politics Research

  15. The Ethnic ProcessBarth’s Vessel MAJORITY: Ethnic Swedes West African Diaspora Exotism Un-exotic Nature MINORITY: West Africans West Africa Cultural Complexity Europe Under developed Developed Drumming Hybridization Creolization

  16. Creolization • ”Double Creolizing” (Hannerz) • Hybridization (Bhabha) • (Marcus, Hage, Czarniawska) • New hybridities… (Anthias) • Tranlocational Positionality

  17. Tranlocational • Positionality

  18. Structure

  19. What’s Structure? • An over all effect; mainly an unintentional result of many people’s actions • The effect of actions has not necessarily to do with our aims and convictions • A human being has a free will to act, but has not the ability to take in the over all effect

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