Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words of good writing.
Your response will be about individuals and places you are not familiar with. Chose cultures that are not your family, work or where you live.
Stretch yourself and observe a new culture.
As you are learning about other cultures it is good to use the mindset of being a social scientist. That means you are not making judgements
but are observing. This is also called ethnology and is a used for research in a number of ways.
For socially aware individuals, often this will include a plan of how to continue to learn about others, your world and open up to new ideas. Examples might include going to coffee shops or other parts of town you are not familiar with. Go to a nursing home, care for an elderly person, go to a public meeting that discusses a culture or group you are not familiar with to see what other issues may be in your larger community.
Watch people at stories that are different from you such as elderly or challenged or the overwhelmed parent. Of course, research, travel, and
just talking to people.
You will go out and observe a person or people in a public or situation you can share with us. This will be a culture you are not familiar with or is not your own. For example, if you are younger, you might observe older people, etc.
Tell us where you went to do your observation.
Academic research and observation means you will not make judgmental comments.
Share a plan that can be bullet points on how to continue to grow your knowledge after this class.
Share resources such as videos, reading, books etc., if you have them.
Cite all resources in APA formatting
Share all that will contribute to constructive discussion as we all plan for future learning.
This is a nicely written, short article about ethnography and finding empathy. It also describes what many of you are doing for this assignment.
As you observe people, you might find agreement with them or heavily disagree with the situation. Both are not necessarily part of this type of study. It is good, however, to know that we are all human and often are more alike than we may know.
You are using discernment and objectivity and will not make judgements per se, since you do not know the entire story. You are an observer,
looking in.
Check it out and comment if you would like to.
Reference: Johns, Z. (Sept, 2020). The empathy of ethnography. Retrieved from https://liberalarts.du.edu/anthropology/news-events/all-articles/empathy-ethnography
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