What Is An Ethnography?! UCLA Anthropology Student Defines + Shares Examples | Cultural Anthropology

[@AliviaBrown]

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[@RapidFireToaster]

I've been considering doing ethnography for my masters as a sociologist and I have to say, I greatly appreciate the way you explained this.

[@AliviaBrown]

Oh wow, that's really cool!

[@chelsieharris8136]

Im taking a global ethnography as an upper division class & ive been getting more insight about it through youtube videos. Yours was very helpful & explained it greatly plus im checking out the books you recommended. Thank you😊

[@cherfoster2447]

This is excellent! I'm actually going over Ethnographies this week in my class, so perfect timing!

[@AliviaBrown]

What a coincidence! And thank you!

[@Ariapeithes_]

While studying anthropology in community college, I initially knew nothing of ethnography, my interest was more heavily focused on archaeology. Funnily enough I realized later archeology is really a multidisciplinary field that definitely approaches the study of extinct cultures the way an ethnographer would with a contemporary culture. Since then I have been deeply enamored with ethnography and love the field. Eventually, I realized all sorts of ethnographic or ethnohistorical material on extinct European cultures has survived up to the present day thanks to ancient historians like Tacitus. The _De Origine et situ Germanorum_ by Tacitus(56 A.D.-120 A.D.) for examples is one of my favorite ancient ethnographies on Pre-Roman Britain/Roman Britain and the Celts and the Germanic demographic of continental Europe at the time of Domitian's reign when Tacitus was still writing _De Vita Agricolae_ and _Germania._ Sense then I have collected many ethnographic works on many cultures including Winifred Blackman's _The Fellahin of Upper Egypt_ and who in my opinion should be just as well known as Margaret Mead.

[@WilliamCarterII]

Hey! 4th year anthro student at CSULA just down the street. UCLA for grad school. Much love! Keep it up

[@AliviaBrown]

That's so awesome! I will!!

[@davidjuarez9009]

The first Ethnography I read was Argonauts of the Western Pacific and I loved it. It was like reading a novel but more exciting. (I love your channel)

[@AliviaBrown]

Oh wow, I actually have not heard of that! Thank you for sharing and I'll look into checking it out :) And thank you so much, thats so sweet!!

[@davidjuarez9009]

:0 Reading Malinowski will be a great adventure, enjoy it.

[@albyfoster2921]

Great, easier to understand than in class! Thanks so much! You deserve more subs

[@AliviaBrown]

So happy to hear it, glad it helped!

[@agabaamis9577]

Hi, can you please make a video on Key Concepts in Ethnography.

[@matthewcrome5835]

Ethnography is what really interests me in anthropology, so I'm always excited for videos like this! Keep up the good work! I have a question- for sensitive subjects like the San Diablo Valley ethnography, are the subject's names/identifying information changed?

[@AliviaBrown]

Hello, this is a wonderful question. Yes! Names are very often changed for anonymity purposes. Especially with the sensitive topics being explored in the San Diablo Valley, it was important to select different names for the subjects of her work. Thanks for the great question!

[@vivianvk4545]

Such an informative video Alivia, and great book recommendations! Take care

[@AliviaBrown]

Thank you so much! That means a ton 😊

[@HienMai-t4f]

The video is very useful, but what are key characteristics of ethnographic research?

[@tatiad378]

Thanks for these recommendations! Love your channel ♥️

[@AliviaBrown]

Aw I am so glad to hear that!! And thank you so much for the support, it means so much :)

[@mapmakerdavid]

As a geographer trained in ethnography, i have been systematically studying the Britainese Islanders and the United Settlers of America. As well as the New Stealanders.

[@santiagoorantes0810]

Hi! i´m a strategyc communication student. So, i´m taking right now my first anthropology course named "antropologhy bussiness". A very very new concept for me. And i enjoy the way you talk about your "knowage" about this theme. Do you have a video talking about the relationship between bussiness and Anthopology, and the way it will be part of the comunication process into the company? or maybe a good reference to other videos? Tks a lot. By the way, people (friends) loves Harry Potters "culture" or StarWars "culture"... or Anime "Cultures" more than family culture.... so how you can explain that??? instead of learn about worlds culture ...

[@nishanthchauhan827]

Hello Alivia brown Can you please explain the difference between ethnography and fieldwork in anthropology or participant observation method ?

[@AliviaBrown]

Yes!! Will add this to my list! But basically ethnography is a type of fieldwork (so you cant really separate them!)

[@nishanthchauhan827]

@@AliviaBrown please check your Instagram DM .. I pinged you regarding some of the doubts I have in the subject .. I hope you will respond to it ASAP by the way thanks

[@hlobend2111]

Have you read the Chronicles of the Narvaez Expedition? Cabeza De Vaca could have easily gotten a degree in the study of all you are mentioning amoung cultures , people and customs. Thanks.

[@AliviaBrown]

No I have not! Thank you for sharing!

[@hlobend2111]

@@AliviaBrown you will enjoy, it is fast reading. " Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca, Chronicle of the Narvez Expedition. Printed by Penguin Classics. To me De Vaca touched on all you mentioned in your youtube. He was a genius in human relations in making observations, applying this unknown study in the area of ethnographic. He was simply gifted in surviving in his predicament. Looking forward to your book recommendations. Thank you Mam.

[@cominglegend9994]

Love from India ❤

[@Break_the_wheel]

I am am finding difficulties in understanding "experiential ethnography ". Somettimes its seems like participant observation method of fiel study like positivists and sometimes it is more like phenomenology like GEERTZ tick culture description. Plese help what it is really. Love and peace ❤

[@aibikenurlan2786]

Hello, l am 16 years old, and l want to be an ethnographer. But the problem is that in the future l might not be able to research some ethnics that l am interested in. For example, ethnics in Afghanistan attract me. However, it is very difficult, or even almost impossible to go there. As l know, an ethnographer have to talk to leader of village, where people live in almost full isolation from modern life and have to collect much information about that nation, culture, observe their traditions and main celebrations. Possibly, l won't have that opportunity to do the research in Afghanistan. Should I just focus on other ethnics in the future? Because most members of ethics of Afghanistan live only there, in Afghanistan and l won't be able to find members of nations, that we can meet only there. Do ethnographers have got such problems? What do you think? Sorry, if l have got mistakes)

[@AliviaBrown]

Hello! This is such an important question to be asking and the answer is 100% yes. One of the biggest struggles ethnographers can face is doing the research they want where they want. Much of what we know can be limited by where in the world is more or less accessible. Are you interested in any other regions of the world? Sometimes this is a valuable question to ask yourself when it comes to learning the basic skills of ethnography

[@aibikenurlan2786]

@@AliviaBrown thanks for your reply, you helped me! Yes, l am interested in other regions too

[@riverthecat]

Aibike..you are already an ethnogtapher..curios intellegent motivated articulate and creative..these attributes will carry you through..keep pushing..and good luck

[@aibikenurlan2786]

@@riverthecat ohh, thanks a lot. Thanks for your motivation 👍🏼

[@riverthecat]

@@aibikenurlan2786 Phillipe Bourgois is an anthropologist l read..his book about coping with life on crack cokaine was brilliant..thought me so much about people, and l also learned not to become too close to the flame....l did an arts degree in National University lreland (NUI) Maynooth , studying anthropology..my thesis was loosely based around ballroom dancing in lreland for the over sixties.. which l achieved a 1st class mark..that was 4 years ago..l am now 60..and still dancing..l am now contemplating an MA in the same subject.. Ricky

[@agabaamis9577]

What are the titles of those textbooks?

[@إسقاطات-ح9د]

hi i need the cours of meedical anthropology and bioethics

[@sekyereisaac3291]

Nice

[@AliviaBrown]

Thank you!

[@nadinecontreras8566]

what's your focus in anthropology and what are you planning to do

[@AliviaBrown]

I was a biological anthropology student and am currently working as an educational video editor :)

[@Theo_basilea]

What do you think of multi-sided Ethnography ?

[@AliviaBrown]

I actually do not know much about this! Would you share some info on it?

[@Theo_basilea]

@@AliviaBrown The core message is that researchers accompany the person/people of interest to places in their lives that are important to them and let them narrate. This means actual concrete and not abstract places, e.g. for a homeless person this could be soup kitchens or similar places. The most quoted text on this: George E. Marcus (1995): ETHNOGRAPHY IN/OF THE WORLD SYSTEM: The Emergence of Multi-Sited Ethnography.

[@lovelysmith1794]

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