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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page |
Kahn, Seth. “Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 2, 2011, 175-192. |
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Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words |
In Seth Kahn’s article, “Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context,” he explains that if ethnographic writing, if it is done well, can help the writer and reader but it can also hurt them. Ethnographers: Observe, participate, interact, analyze, reflect, write, rethink, and describe cultures, their members, and our own involvements with them. Some of the writing that Ethnographic writing does is reflections, introductions, content forms, field-notes, interview notes, transcripts, journals, drafts, and revisions. Ethnographic writing helps the writer because people often learn more from direct experience rather than readings and lectures. In ethnographic writing, it is important to protect the identities of the participants and ask them to read notes. |
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Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. |
Ethnographic Authority – Kahn States on page 184 that ethnographic authority is the ability to present details and insights that only the writer would know because the writer was there and readers weren’t. |
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How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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Going forward this can help me with research projects I do in the future. Not only doing ethnographic writing but help me with the process of research and take a different approach. It can help me better with reflecting and being more engaged rather than just reading. |
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Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. |
How can you use ethnographic writing outside of doing ethnographic projects for class? |