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From previous terms
Option #1: PartiCipant Observation
Participant-observation at the Italian Market;
Then and Now: Adaptations of a Baptist Church;
Signs of Change in Chinatown;
Train Ethnography on the Norristown Local;
Ethnography of a Military Ball;
Anthropological Perspectives on a Tailgating Party;
Exploring the Subcultural Worlds of Tango and Salsa;
Ethnography of a Sweat Lodge Ceremony;
Participant-Observation of a “Sweet Sixteen Party”;
Participant-Observation at the Philadelphia Arts Tattoo Convention;
Things to think about
Which essays have we/ will we have read that detail accounts of participant observation…look to them as “models” in writing, style, citation;
Think of your interests….
Say you have an interest in Immigration…where could you go to do Participant Observation?
Where is a “site” that you can do “fieldwork”?
Welcome Center for New Pennsylvanians
Nationality Services Center
Churches, temples, mosques that welcome “newcomers” into a Philadelphia neighborhood
Option #2: Intercultural Interview
Losing or Gaining Religion? Interviews with Freshmen on their College “Rites of Passage”;
Bi-racial Marriage in a 21st Century;
Three Generational Interview of “Geek Culture” over Time.
Interview a roommate, friend, or (grandparent) of a friend who came here from _______________.
OPTION #3: Auto-ethnography
ABC - American Born Chinese: Challenges of Being Asian in the U.S.
An Auto-ethnographic Account of a “Traditional” Vietnamese-American Thanksgiving;
Constructing a Kinship Chart: Turkish-American Identity and Family;
Coming to America: Auto-ethnography of a Sudanese Student in Philadelphia;
My “Do-rag” Does Not Define Me;
Observations on the Cultural Significance of my Grand Mother’s Passing: Irish and Italian Differences on Death and Dying
Video Gamers: Explorations into a Contemporary Subculture.
Parkour as a Community of Practice
#4: Proposal for an independent project “investigating culture”
“Gran Torino” as a Vehicle for Discussing Neighborhood Changes in Kensington
Changing Concepts of “Friendship” in an Era of Facebook
Cultural Money Matters: Examining Black and White Investments in the Future
Exploring Different Orientations to Time in Moving Across State Borders
