Ethnography

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• Ethnography

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Ethnography

• A set of procedures related to fieldwork
• Interviews, observations, participant
  observations, collecting material
• Analyses, interpretations
• Middle Level Theories (ex narrative theory,
  interactionism)
• Grand Theories (ex. Marxism, Post Structuralism)
• Cornerstone interaction between different levels

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Ethnography

• Impact on theories
• Gender
• Ethnicity

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The Ethnic ProcessBarths Vessel

• MAJORITY

MINORITY
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The Ethnic ProcessBarths Vessel

• MAJORITY Muslim

MINORITY Christian
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The Ethnic ProcessBarths Vessel

• MAJORITY Muslim
• Religion

MINORITY Christian Religion Religion
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The Ethnic ProcessBarths Vessel

• MAJORITY Christian

Minority Christian
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The Ethnic ProcessBarths Vessel

• MAJORITY Christian
• Culture
• Language

MINORITY Christian Culture Language
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Interviews

• Semi structured conversation interview

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Funnel technique
General questions
Topics from the list
Time
Leading questions
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Personal bias and Reflexivity

• How to control personal bias?
• Systematize the research process
• Make the personal bias explicit, reflexivity
• An example from fieldwork reflexivity and
  interactionism
• The Third Present
• Strategical Synchretism
• Power

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Identity

• The contents of identity two parts
• Objective identity
• Social identity
• Personal identity
• Subjective identity
• Ego (psychological disposition)
• Self presentation

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World View Ethnic Hierarchy Employment
marketPsychology First World International
Second World The multicultural / Det
mångkulturella Immigrants from 2nd 3rd world
/ Invandrare New Swedes / Nya
svenskar Third WorldCulture
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World View Hierarchy Employment
marketPsychology First World Second
World Culture
Culture sector
Media
Health care
Empl. market
Third World
Sports sector
Circum-scription
School
Kommuner
Politics
Research
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The Ethnic ProcessBarths Vessel

• MAJORITY Ethnic Swedes West
  African Diaspora
• Exotism

Un-exotic
Nature
MINORITY West Africans
West Africa
Cultural Complexity
Europe
Under developed
Developed
Drumming
Hybridization
Creolization
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• Creolization
• Double Creolizing (Hannerz)
• Hybridization (Bhabha)
• (Marcus, Hage, Czarniawska)
• New hybridities (Anthias)
• Tranlocational Positionality

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• Tranlocational
• Positionality

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• Structure

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Whats Structure?

• An over all effect mainly an unintentional
  result of many peoples actions
• The effect of actions has not necessarily to do
  with our aims and convictions
• A human being has a free will to act, but has not
  the ability to take in the over all effect