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Choose a topic(s) we have discussed in the second part of this module (youth culture, music, gender, minority groups, religion or education issues) and research attitudes to it from a European, cultural perspective. You will use ethnographic methods.
Note:
This total includes references and bibliography.
Deadline
13 March 2008
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Description
1. You must base your topic of choice on the lectures and reading within the module.
2. The core text is Hammersley and Atkinson’s Ethnography – Principles in Practice and/or Muriel Saville-Troike’s Ethnography of Speaking.
What you are undertaking is a piece of research which draws on ethnographic perspective – getting accounts from people about meanings of one aspect or ritual in their life. You are not expected to do an “ethnography” as a participant/observer. The purpose of the assignment is for you to learn about an aspect of culture related to gender, religion, migration, education or music (or a mix of any of these) that will inform you, through the interview, about the beliefs of a group or sub-culture and the individual’s attitude to this.
The following is a guide about how you might present your essay:
Part One
Provide an introduction based on reading you have done. Your interview is guided by
this. It will provide a framework for your interview – why you want to explore this issue.
This should help you focus. For instance if you want to research arranged marriages then
you fall within issues of gender and religion. You may wish to concentrate on the ritual
of the marriage ceremony (you must therefore complete the ethnography event analysis
covered in seminar 2 and submit with the essay) which gives you a framework to then
explore the meanings this creates for those involved. On the other hand, you can
approach arranged marriage from the general perspective of it as a cultural phenomena
not common to UK Christian values and explore it from a feminist perspective or any
other perspective you can draw from the lectures and associated readings. This approach
would be more in line with Hammersley and Atkinson who provide you with some
examples (especially their chapter on Field Relations).
Part Two – The Field
Describe the context of your interview. For instance, who you did it with (name(s) are
not required), where and why this person(s) was chosen. Explain what you wanted to
explore in the interview (note past tense, you are describing after the event).
Part Three – A representation of what you found out
This will take up most of your essay (at least two thirds).
Part Four – Conclusion
This is where you relate what you have found out to what you have read (part one).
Part One
Provide an introduction based on reading you have done. Your interview is guided by
this. It will provide a framework for your interview – why you want to explore this issue.
This should help you focus. For instance if you want to research arranged marriages then
you fall within issues of gender and religion. You may wish to concentrate on the ritual
of the marriage ceremony (you must therefore complete the ethnography event analysis
covered in seminar 2 and submit with the essay) which gives you a framework to then
explore the meanings this creates for those involved. On the other hand, you can
approach arranged marriage from the general perspective of it as a cultural phenomena
not common to UK Christian values and explore it from a feminist perspective or any
other perspective you can draw from the lectures and associated readings. This approach
would be more in line with Hammersley and Atkinson who provide you with some
examples (especially their chapter on Field Relations).
Part Two – The Field
Describe the context of your interview. For instance, who you did it with (name(s) are
not required), where and why this person(s) was chosen. Explain what you wanted to
explore in the interview (note past tense, you are describing after the event).
Part Three – A representation of what you found out
This will take up most of your essay (at least two thirds).
Part Four – Conclusion
This is where you relate what you have found out to what you have read (part one).
Required Reading
Baldwin, E (1998) Introducing Cultural Studies, Prentice Hall
De Mooij, Marieke (1998) Global Marketing and Advertising: Understanding Cultural Paradoxes,Sage, Thousand Oaks
Ducatel, K Wegster J and Wernar H, (2000) The Information Society in Europe: work and life in an age of globalization Danham, Md; Rowmand and Littlefield Publishers
Duncan, S and Pfau-Effinger B (2000) Gender, economy and culture in the European Union, London and New York, Routledge
Eder, K and Giesen, B (2001) European Citizenship- between national legacies and postnational projects New York, oxford University Press
Guibernau, Montserrat (2001) (ed) Governing European Diversity, London and Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications in association with The Open University
Hammersley, M and Atkinson P (latest edition) Ethnography: Principles in Practice, London and New York, Routlede
Leung, C and Jenkins, J (2005) Reconfiguring Europe; the Contribution of Applied Linguistics, London, Equinox Publishing
Saville-Troike, Muriel (2002) The Ethnography of Communication London, Blackwell
Recommended Reading (depending on areas of personal interest)
Bourdieu P (1998) Acts of Resistance: Against the New Myths of our time Cambridge, Polity Press
Cederman Larks-Erik (2001) Constructing Europe’s Identity – the external dimension Boulder, Colo: L Reiner
De Mooij (1994) Advertising Worldwide: Concepts, Theories and Practice, Sage, Thousand Oaks
Edensor, Tim National Identity, Popular Culture and Everyday Life accessed as e-book on netlibrary
Hofstede, G (1994) Cultures and organisations: Software of the mind – intercultural cooperation and its importance for survival, London, Harper Collins
Jenkins, B and Spyros S (1996) Nation, Identity and Contemporary Europe London, Routledge
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Sage Publications accessed through Stetswise
You will also be advised of recommended newspaper articles, television programmes, and Academic Journal Papers which will accompany the module. You will be notified of these at lectures and seminars, and via Blackboard.
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