The ethnographic group being studied are the Azande, an ethnic group native to north central Africa, where witchcraft and divination practices have been and currently are common. Evan’s Pritchard is known as one of the early anthropologists to work with the Azande and to study witchcraft, as it exists as a practice in Azande societies. The religious behaviour being analysed and deconstructed in this paper is witchcraft, defined as “an imaginary offence” (Pritchard 1937: 417) and magic, as a sort
Flaherty, is the best-known film of the Aran Islands. R. Flaherty, considered a great storyteller and father of documentary or ethnographic film (Roney 300), made numerous films, many of which seem to follow a specific pattern or rhythm. It has been said that "all of [Robert] Flaherty's films are variations on one ideal: happiness exists when man is free and lives simply and harmoniously
inductive and deductive. Saunders et al. (2009) describe them in following way: Inductive approach In simple definition inductive approach observes and draws the theory at the end, built on the knowledge, which was obtained through the information analysis. It works on following pattern: observation pattern theory. Henceforth it is sometimes called “bottom-up” approach. In general this approach is related to the qualitative methods and data, based on which it establishes a new theory. Deductive
happens. On the contrary, thick description involves constructing the meaning of an action and also sorting out the “stratified hierarchy of meaning structures” in terms of which actions or behaviour are “produced, perceived, and interpreted.” This ethnographic description is therefore not mere description but involves understanding as well as interpreting observed culture. Doing ethnography this way therefore is “reading” or “construct[ing] a reading of” manuscript which is culture. And while doing so
makers. It also doesn’t give a chance for one piece of information to have too much influence, it provides new knowledge and it presents an analysis of the available literature. However, systematic reviews also have their limitations for example research papers that have not been published may have been left out and other primary research or research papers published outside Britain may have been excluded. This leads to the study being biased, giving results that are not accurately. Systematic reviews
Faculty of Literature and Humanities Department of English Language and Literature Master’s Thesis Developing a Critical Classroom Discourse Analysis (CCDA) Framework for Interaction Analysis in an Iranian EFL Context By: Amin Davoodi Supervisor: Mostafa Hasrati, PhD Advisor: Nouroddin Yousofi, PhD February, 2015 Acknowledgment I would like to express my special appreciation and thanks to all those who contributed to this thesis. First of all, I would like to express my immense gratitude
Introduction Inclusive education has been widely interpreted and defined. It is applicable to all pupils with the aim of removing barriers to learning and engagement for all pupils (Pijl et al., 2008). Creating an inclusive education system has become the political agenda of many countries in the recent years: there is a shift in the education system in schools and an increasing numbers of pupils with special needs are enrolled in mainstream schools (Meijer, 2003). Singapore has also witnessed a
field of education has seen an increase in the number of qualitative studies that include participant observation as a tool to gather information. Qualitative methods of data collection, such as interviews, observation, etc., and the purpose of this paper is to discuss the monitoring and observation tool for data collection in qualitative research studies. It includes monitoring aspects discussed here are different definitions of participant observation, and some history of its use, and the purposes
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Prayut Chan-o-cha’s Speeches of Elections and Reforms Rachayanandhana Phraekhao 5406610039 1 Introduction Politics is a struggle of power in order to put certain political, economic and social ideas into practice. In this process, language plays a crucial role. Every political action is prepared, accompanied, influenced and played by language. This paper analyses the political discourse of General Prayut Chan-o-Cha, the Prime Minister of Thailand who gave the
Rebekah Nathan’s book, My Freshman Year (2005) is extremely insightful; she conducts an anthropological study with the following research questions in mind: “What is the current culture at AnyU (my pseudonym for my university) as an example of the American public university? How do contemporary American students understand their education, and what do they want from it? How do they negotiate college life? What does college really teach?” (4). Nathan does this by posing as an undergraduate student