ANTH106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thesis Statement, Opium Pipe, United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime
27 Aug 2018
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* both a research method and a type of writing. * intimate participation in the community you are studying. * participant observation,extended period of time (at least a year or more) * direct observation of subjects in natural settings. * bourgois on the essential elements of ethnographic research methods. * in a dodgy place in new york known to be hispanic culture, drug culture, experiences first hand police harassing him because they believe he is buying drugs no matter how polite he is. * racial par tide enforced in subtle and non subtle ways. * he wrote a book about his experiences. * to do this research he argues that: * situating what people say within the context of their individual lives. * finding legitimate social role within the community to observe behaviour in a minimally intrusive manner. * :long term physical presence(cid:1689) and (cid:1688)polite perseverance(cid:1689)
