{"id":431051,"date":"2018-03-20T20:55:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T20:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essaypaper.org\/ethnographic-exercise-ethnicity-in-your-neighborhood\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T09:01:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:01:30","slug":"ethnographic-exercise-ethnicity-in-your-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/ethnographic-exercise-ethnicity-in-your-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethnographic Exercise – Ethnicity in Your Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ethnicity is sometimes thought of as an extension of kinship\u2026 in the same way we are related to our extended families, we are \u201crelated\u201d to others who share an ethnic identity. Kinship is based in both consanguineal\u00a0(blood) and affinial (marriage) ties, but anthropologists see ethnicity as part of a cultural construct rather than as something based completely on nature or biology. It\u2019s part of our learned experience of who we\u00a0are.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Because ethnic identitiy is largely the result of learned behaviors,\u00a0it can and does change. It\u2019s\u00a0something that can be manipulated\u00a0to create economic opportunities. It can be produced, packaged, and sold in a global marketplace. We eat ethnic food, we listen to ethnic music, we wear clothing and decorate our spaces with ethnic style elements. Think about all of the ethnic markers you encounter on a daily basis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For this exercise, I\u2019m going to ask you to do some participant observation of ethnicity in your daily life by going to a restaurant or other business that you identify with a specific\u00a0ethnicity. Ideally, it should be someplace that you haven\u2019t been to before; I\u2019d like to to look at it with \u201cfresh\u201d eyes.<\/p>\n

When you arrive, notice the physical space, the decorations, and anything else that indicates the ethnic identity. Does the building have a distinctive appearance? Is there music playing? If this is a restaurant, what about table settings? What foods are on the menu that mark this restaurant as \u201cethnic\u201d? Is the food served in a distinctive way (specific dishes or utensils)? Are the ingredients different than you\u2019d expect in other types of ethnic food? Do you think the experience would be the same if the food were served in a setting that didn\u2019t reflect the ethnic identity?<\/p>\n

If\u00a0this is another type of business rather than a restaurant, what is it that makes this an \u201cethnic\u201d business? Who works there? Do they indicate ethnicity in some way (clothing or jewelry)?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Note that the point of these questions isn\u2019t for you to answer them per se, they\u2019re simply to get you thinking about what makes something\u00a0\u201cethnic\u201d. \u00a0I\u2019m looking for an understanding of ethnicity and how it\u2019s\u00a0marketed and sold in a commercial\u00a0setting.<\/p>\n

Write up your observations in a narrative (essay) form. The narrative should be around 750\u00a0words or so, and should be double-spaced, in size 12 font, left justified, and carefully proofread for spelling, grammar, and other errors. It should be \u201cSaved as\u201d or \u201cExported As\u201d a PDF document. Submit it to the assignment inbox on Canvas. Do NOT email it directly to me. I can\u2019t grade it unless it\u2019s in Canvas.\u00a0Check the originality report after you\u2019ve submitted it.\u00a0In an assignment of this sort, your \u201csimilarity index\u201d should be under 10%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ethnicity is sometimes thought of as an extension of kinship\u2026 in the same way we are related to our extended families, we are \u201crelated\u201d to others who share an ethnic identity. Kinship is based in both consanguineal\u00a0(blood) and affinial (marriage) Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-completed-assignments","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}