| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page |
Seth Kahn “Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 2, 2011 |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words |
In this article, the author, Seth Kahn, writes in depth about the significance of Ethnographic writing. The author explains in vague detail that ethnography is “what anthropologists do when they live in faraway places for long stretches of time, trying to understand what makes a culture unique or interesting” (175). Seth Kahn connects this definition of ethnography with writing, calling it ethnographic writing. Instead of finding what is interesting or unique about a culture or group of people, ethnographic writing encourages one to find interesting things about writing. It also makes one think about the idea of ethics. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. |
“Ethnographic writing challenges you to consider everything that’s interesting and difficult about writing; it pushes you to generate, collect, analyze, and synthesize more material than you’ve probably had to work with in one paper before.” (175) |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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Finding things that are important and unique about writing is a significant skill to have while in a writing class. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. |
What is ethnographic writing and why is it important? |
