Ethnographic Design Research Articles

The Impact of Cultural Beliefs About Cervical Cancer Screening on Clinical Practice: A Qualitative Study of Asian Indian Women in Texas

Background: Asian Indians, primarily through immigration, are among the three fastest growing Asian minority populations in the United States. Sadly, Asian Indian Women did not meet the Health People 2020’s the 93% cervical cancer screening goal of 93%. Cervical cancer screening rates among Asian Indian Women were 70.5% compared to 82.7% among non-Hispanic Whites. A systematic review revealed the need for qualitative studies to explore influences of cultural beliefs on cervical cancer screening (pap smears) behaviors among Asian Indian Women applying symbolic interactionism theoretical framework. Purpose: To explore the influence of cultural beliefs on cervical cancer screening behaviors among Asian Indian Women. Method: A qualitative descriptive ethnographic design used descriptive ethosemantic semi-structured questions to investigate cultural impact on cervical cancer prevention behaviors among a purposive sample of 15 Asian Indian Women between the ages 21 to 49 years of age. Data analysis used inductive analytical methods. Findings: Five themes influenced cervical cancer screening: locus of control, concept of health, ‘no sex before marriage,’ awareness, and body image. A healthy internal locus of control, sense of being healthy, awareness, and positive body image supported cervical cancer screening behaviors. An external locus of control, belief that health is not a priority, “no sex before marriage,” and low body image were barriers to cervical cancer screening behaviors. Additionally, the concept of “no sex before marriage” influenced timing of the first pap smear. Notwithstanding their cultural beliefs, employment, health insurance, and recommendations from their providers had a positive impact on cervical cancer screening. Conclusion: Findings from this study have implications for both health policy and clinical practice. Health policy influences funding for basic screening and preventive services. Clinical practice implications encompass fostering partnerships within the community to promote prevention programs and cultural sensitivity training for providers. Future community-based participatory research should address interventional studies to increase compliance for cervical cancer screening and prevention behaviors among Asian Indian Women.

Revitalizing Local Wisdom of Turi-Turian Folklore as a Reflection of the Angkola Ethnic Group

The 'turi-turian' folklore is assumed to be a bedtime story for children. Folklore has an essential message as an implied message for the reader or listener. Folklore is the ethnic creativity of traditional communities that maintains the culture and is firm in living traditions that are passed down from generation to generation. This study aims to highlight the local wisdom of the Sipirok tribal community through its folklore. This research uses qualitative research methods with ethnographic design, which includes data collection of folklore texts, data presentation, and drawing conclusions or verification. The data of this research is sourced from the analysis of data from Angkola folklore collected in the book ‘Turi-turn Nihalak Angkola Banggo-banggo’. This research reveals that folklore texts have a wealth of philosophical values that reflect the characteristics of indigenous peoples that have existed from the past until now which are still maintained as wisdom that is still upheld by indigenous communities. As one of the intangible assets of the Angkola Sipirok community, which has an ethnic culture, it is reflected in the characteristics of the Angkola Sipirok indigenous people who teach values as local wisdom. Based on the data analysis of the Sipirok ‘Turi-turian’ folklore, several local pearls of wisdom were found: persistence, hard work, deliberation, cooperation, social spirit, and willingness to help.

SOCIOCULTURAL RESILIENCE TO FLASH FLOODS: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF AGRARIAN COMMUNITIES IN KUH-E-SULIMAN RANGE

This study examines the sociocultural resilience to flash floods among the agrarian communities in Kuh-e-Suliman range. The researchers employed an ethnographic research design and used in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and participant observations to collect qualitative data. The study found how the local people act as a social group and use their indigenous knowledge to respond to the flash floods. They mobilize their social capital such as the local networks, alliances and natural resources for ensuring their survival in the face of natural disaster. Sociocultural obligations are religiously followed by the community members at the time of crisis that help them develop resilience against the flash floods. Keywords: Flash Flood, Coping Strategies, Early Warning System, Local Networks.

THE POLITENESS EXPRESSIONS IN USING INDONESIAN IN THE CLASSROOM VERBAL INTERACTION A STUDY CASE AT THE HOSPITALITY BUSINESS MANAGEMENTSTUDENTS OF TOURISM FACULTY OF TRIATMA MULYA UNIVERSITY BALI

The use of speech act cannot be separated from our daily life, an example of it is in the verbal interaction in classroom learning. Students use speech acts in classroom to convey messages such as to express politeness. This study aimed to find out (1) the expression forms and (2) the delivering strategies of Indonesian speech act politeness of the students of Hospitality Business Management of Triatma Mulya University Bali in the verbal interaction in the teaching and learning process of Indonesian subject. The sample was 35 students of Hospitality Business Management of Triatma Mulya University who were taking Indonesian subject. The data were analyzed using a descriptive qualitative method by employing a communication ethnography design. The findings show that the students’ politeness forms of speech act in using Indonesian can be expressed in forms of declarative, interrogative, and imperative modes, while (2)the students politeness strategies are expressed in forms of direct and indirect speech act strategies. Keywords: Politeness expression, politeness strategies, verbal interaction, speech acts.

Exploring Mathematical Concepts and Philosophical Values in Jember Batik

Ethnomathematics are different ways of doing mathematics taking into account the academic mathematical knowledge developed by different sectors of society as well as taking into account the different modes in which different cultures negotiate their mathematical practices (ways of grouping, counting, measuring, designing tools, or playing). Based on this research, this study aims to describe the results of ethnomathematics exploration in Jember batik motifs. The method of analysis used in this research was a qualitative approac with an ethnographic design. Data collection techniques were observation, documentation, and interviews. This research was conducted at Rumah Batik Rolla Jember and Rezti'z Batik Tegalsari Ambulu Jember. The research was conducted for one week. The results of this study indicate that the ethnomathematics in the Jember batik motif has a philosophical value that describes the natural wealth of Jember Regency in each of its motifs, and there are mathematical concepts in the form of geometric transformation concepts (reflection, translation, rotation, and dilation) along with the concept of number patterns.

Contestation for land towards Kampong Adat of Sakai Minas in Riau

This research discussed the Kampong Adat in Minas Barat Village, Minas District, Siak Regency. Regional Regulation Number 2 concerning the determination of Kampong Adat had issued since 2015. However, the completeness of requirements for the Ministry of Home Affairs approval has not been completed until November 2021. This study used an ethnography design; the researcher lived in the research site for two months. The data were collected by participatory observation, in-depth interviews with selected informants due to their knowledge and experience in the establishment of Kampong Adat. The data were analyzed descriptively by discussing with theory and resulted in the general trend as this research's findings. This research found, first, Since Minas Barat Village of determined as Kampong Adat, the community of Sakai Tribe have been minority citizen. Second, the Sakai community has some difficulties preparing the complete requirements for approval of the Ministry of Home Affairs because there are many interests involved in the village. Third, the government has not given severe attempts for Kampong Adat. The government let the completeness of approval has not yet been fulfilled for almost seven years. This study contributed to the anthropology of policy, specifically for indigenous peoples, in issuing affirmative policies to fulfill the rights of indigenous peoples.

Mitos Gajah : Relasi Gajah – Manusia di Balai Raja Bengkalis

This study discussed the myths of elephants in the community of Balai Raja Village, Pinggir District, Bengkalis Regency. The elephant myths are the patterns of human-elephant relationships. Before the 1980s, the relationship between elephants and humans was very harmonious. After 1980, the forestry and oil palm industries caused between elephants and humans, which has been occurring until now. This study is categorized into qualitative research with an ethnographic design. Researchers stayed in the field for 2 months to explore information in depth through observation and in-depth interviews. The data was analyzed qualitatively and then written in this report. This study has found out that the conflict between elephants and humans is determined by human attitudes and behavior. The myth of the elephant is a symbol of efforts to conserve natural resources and a tool for compliance with societal norms and values. Elephants have protective properties and are very empathetic to babies. This study proposes that elephant mitigation can use a mythical approach by combining elephants’ and human’s habitation. This study contributes to the science of Anthropology, especially about the conservation of animals and nature. This study proposes that elephants should not be called pests, but a chain of human mutualism, where the elephants and humans live in harmony as a unified ecosystem.

Experiences of nurse educators facilitating and teaching in an international setting.

Multiple studies focus on the experiences of visiting students from high resource regions that participated in clinical placements in lower resource countries but less focus on the experiences of the educators accompanying students. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of educators during an international clinical placement of nursing students in a country in West Africa. We implemented a focussed ethnographic design. We purposively sampled educators who accompanied students on an international clinical placement. Data collection from 2018 to 2019 consisted of in-depth individual interviews. We utilized Roper and Shapira's (2000, 10.4135/9781483328294.) data analysis process, which includes coding keywords, identifying patterns and theorizing. Three themes emerged from the data: rewards in accompanying students, challenges experienced and the need for mentoring and continuous support. Educators found it rewarding to see growth in students, how students developed as global citizens, how students developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills and create lifelong friendships. Educators who accompany nursing students to international clinical placement experience valuable learning and challenging issues. Educators must navigate, support and advance student learning when on an international placement. It is crucial to have adequate institutional support from both the home and host country.

Entangled Intelligent Driving: Relations with Automated Cars

ABSTRACT As machines become increasingly intelligent, the HCI community is presented with new challenges regarding methods to capture and understand user experience (UX). In the case of autonomous driving (AD), this involves new scenarios where humans and intelligent vehicles need to act together in real-life traffic situations with other road users. This article responds to this context by 1) outlining a longitudinal design ethnography method whereby participants drove semiautonomous cars in their everyday environments to capture such human-machine relations in real-life settings, 2) demonstrating the complexities of the relations between humans and AD vehicles, 3) engaging theories of socio-materiality and entanglement to understand the human-machine relations of AD cars, and 4) identifying anticipatory experiences that emerge from these relations and their implications for informing UX design.

Genderized Implications of Bride Pricing Culture in Igbo Land

The study aims at ascertaining the actual implication of bride pricing system in traditional marriages in Igbo land. A total of fifty respondents (thirty women and twenty men) from the five states that make up the southeast zone in Nigeria were selected for the study. Being a qualitative research, the study adopted the ethnographic research design and employed a purposive non-probability sampling method in selecting the respondents. The study made use of focused group discussions, unstructured interview and participants’ observation method as instruments of data collection. The collection of data lasted for a period of six months from June 2020 to November 2020. The research is anchored on Radical and Snail sense Feminism theories and data for the study were analysed using descriptive thematic method. Findings from the study reveal that payment of bride price does not reduce women to mere commodities in Igbo land. It also reveals that it gives undue privileges to men in Igbo land among other findings. Finally, it was shown that Igbo men and women still regard bride price payment as an important aspect of their culture which should not be abolished.

“I felt as if I was becoming myself anew”: Transformative Learning Through Action Research Projects Carried out by Beginner Teachers

This article explores action research as a tool for promoting transformative learning of prospective teachers. Drawing on two B.A. or M.A. projects carried out at a university in Poland in which teacher-students used action research and the educational ethnography design to examine themselves as teachers and their practice, the article demonstrates the potential of such an approach for the transformation of students’ meaning perspectives and, eventually, of their personal and professional identities. The transformation the teacher-students experienced entailed their emancipation from the teaching models imposed on them in their institutions and the development of their personal teaching theories. This was followed by their transition to deliberate action, increased sense of agency, and readiness to assume responsibility for wider social change, consequently bridging the theory-practice divide. The author argues that despite the challenges of action research in the university context, its transformative potential makes it a valuable component of teacher education.

Social Innovation Toward a Meaningful Everyday Life for Nursing Home Residents: An Ethnographic Study.

Background: The literature shows that innovation, which includes culture change, may be important to create a meaningful everyday life for nursing home residents. However, there is a gap in how social innovation practices may contribute to this. The theoretical discourse for the study is person-centered care.Aim: The main aim was to explore phenomena within social innovation that can contribute to improving nursing home residents’ everyday lives.Design and Method: This study uses an ethnographic design with observations and interviews in two nursing homes in Southern Norway.Findings: The main theme was that social innovation within working practices in nursing homes includes phenomena that contribute to a meaningful everyday life for the residents. This main theme includes five subthemes: (1) opening the nursing home to the surroundings; (2) expanding and strengthening the community of practice; (3) facilitating customized activities; (4) ensuring sufficient nutrition and facilitating enjoyable mealtimes; and (5) preventing unrest and disturbing behavior.Conclusion: The study reveals that innovation practices grounded in person-centered care in nursing homes may contribute to opening the nursing home to the community and establishing a common community practice for all members of the nursing home. This enables residents to experience meaningful everyday life through customized activities, sufficient nutrition, and a pleasant milieu during mealtimes. Disturbing behavior is also prevented, making it possible to promote meaningful lives in nursing homes.

Cultures that collide: an ethnographic study of the introduction of a palliative care consultation team on acute wards

BackgroundAcute care and palliative care (PC) are described as different incompatible organisational care cultures. Few studies have observed the actual meeting between these two cultures. In this paper we report part of ethnographic results from an intervention study where a palliative care consultation team (PCCT) used an integrative bedside education approach, trying to embed PC principles and interventions into daily practice in acute wards.PurposeTo study the meeting and interaction of two different care cultures, palliative care and curative acute wards, when a PCCT introduces consulting services to acute wards regarding end-of-life palliative care, focusing on the differences between the cultures.MethodsAn ethnographic study design was used, including observations, interviews and diary entries. A PCCT visited acute care wards during 1 year. The analysis was inspired by Spradleys ethnography.ResultsThree themes were found: 1) Anticipations meets reality; 2) Valuation of time and prioritising; and 3) The content and creation of palliative care.ConclusionThere are many differences in values, and the way PC are provided in the acute care wards compared to what a PCCT expects. The didactic challenges are many and the PC require effort.

Care and Rearing of Institutionalized Girls in Arequipa, Peru: An Ethnographic Approach.

Institutional care for children is a global phenomenon. Despite its advantages, common threats have been described. In Peru, more than 70% of institutionalized children/adolescents have living parents who cannot take care of them. The study aims to understand the care/rearing of institutionalized girls in Arequipa, Peru. Ethnographic design, with a sample integrated by 27 institutionalized girls. Data collected based on participant observation and semi-structured interviews. The analysis followed the Method of Constant Comparisons. Five main themes were found: (a) The little house (foster home) is better than my house; (b) They take care of me-even when I am sick-; (c) But . . .; (d) What I have lived is what I am; (e) Happiness fits in this little house. An ethnography of care/rearing practices could be helpful for a better understanding of the dimensions of the life of institutionalized girls living in developing countries.

Sedao Capitalism: Growth of Sakai Entrepreneurs in Duri Riau

This study concerns the growth of Sakai entrepreneurs in Pematang Pudu Village, Duri, Riau. It is the only study that discusses the customary-law community growth in Indonesia. Thus, it has an extremely strong novelty. Since the reformation, the Sakai tribes in Pematang Pudu have owned 21 contracting companies that worked on the projects of PT. Chevron Pacific Indonesia. Then, they also had an integrated agricultural complex that was modernly managed by involving a college and the government of Bengkalis district. This study used an ethnographic design where the researcher was on the research’s site for more than two months and lived with the community. The researcher was also involved in in-depth observations and interviews with informants who were selected based on their positions in GAPENSI, integrated agriculture, and traditional leaders. Data obtained were validated and decoded. And they were analyzed qualitatively and written descriptively. This study found that Sakai entrepreneurs in Pematang Pudu were grown by Chevron through the LBD program like affirmative action, and the growth of these entrepreneurs was based on kinship, so that entrepreneurs came from a big family. It could be said that Sakai entrepreneurs in Pematang Pudu were sedao capitalism or close relative capitalism. This study contributed to economic anthropology by introducing the concepts of sedao capitalism and development anthropology that stated social planning was necessarily involved the wider community in the decision-making. This study can be used by the government and companies related to CSR programs while carrying out social planning for the community.

Relationship between information pills, learning and teaching

The objectives of this research were to know the teaching styles, the learning styles of the participants, and how they influence the transmission of knowledge through the use of information pills. A cross-sectional ethnographic design was used in the study. Fourteen groups of students of the primary education teaching degree from the University of Zaragoza participated in the second semester of the 2019 academic year. The instruments used are the questionnaires of learning styles, pedagogical beliefs, and evaluation of the information pill. The results obtained indicate a relationship between pedagogical beliefs, the learning style, and the way of transmitting information, with instruction in these aspects being necessary for both future teachers and those who are active teachers who take into account the skills and abilities of the student can cause significant changes in their learning.

Digital Ethnography on Students’ Authentic Engagement in Social Media Platforms during the Global Online Experiment

This article investigates the culture of the student online community of pre-service teachers relative to their engagement in social media at a state university in the Philippines. It analyzes students’ engagement to facilitate authentic learning within the bounds of social media platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic. The author used a digital ethnographic design to investigate the use of social media as an emerging technology to supplement pre-service teachers’ authentic learning during COVID-19. The deductive thematic analysis, which was anchored in the lens of constructivism and social media engagement theory, revealed that the use of emerging technologies such as Facebook expands students’ cognitive, behavioral, and emotional engagement in the online community. Although students have difficulty identifying unofficial reports, they expressed a positive response to using social media to supplement pedagogical platforms amid the crisis. The study recommends conducting an empirical investigation into the responsiveness of Facebook as an emergency platform to supplement pedagogy during the global online experiment.

Kendala Implementasi Penilaian Autentik Selama Masa Pandemi Covid-19 di Tingkat Sekolah Dasar

The problem in Authentic assessment to date is that there has not been found a learning design for online assessment. This study focuses more on exploring the obstacles faced by elementary school teachers in implementing authentic assessment and providing alternative solutions to maximize implementation in schools. The research method uses qualitative research with an ethnographic design. This research was conducted from January to July 2020 with interviews to find out the teacher's obstacles in implementing authentic assessment in the 2013 curriculum. Qualitative data analysis consisted of three activities that occurred simultaneously, namely: data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results show that the implementation of authentic assessment in schools has not been going well. Teachers find it difficult to enter students' final grades into their report cards, the lack of students' ability to understand questions, and obstacles in implementing the skills domain, which takes a lot of funds so that sometimes it doesn't go well.

An Education of the Senses at the University of California, Berkeley

Research Article| November 01 2021 An Education of the Senses at the University of California, Berkeley: Alice Waters from Then to Now Cari Borja Cari Borja Cari Borja is a writer, clothesmaker, and salonniere who received her PhD in cultural anthropology and film from UC Berkeley in 2001. She was a consulting anthropologist for Apple from 2017 to 2020, and creative-directs a variety of galas and salons, including She-Can Global in San Francisco and New York City and the Boston Review magazine in the Bay Area. She is an Adjunct Professor at the California College of the Arts, teaching Design Ethnography in the MFA Design program. Her most recent research focuses on the ambivalent role our earliest childhood food memories play in our relationship to what and when, with whom and where, and how and why we eat. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Gastronomica (2021) 21 (4): 54–64. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.4.54 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Cari Borja; An Education of the Senses at the University of California, Berkeley: Alice Waters from Then to Now. Gastronomica 1 November 2021; 21 (4): 54–64. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.4.54 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentGastronomica Search It’s been fifty years since the founding of Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California, that Alice Waters and a group of friends helped to create in 1971. On August 28, 2021, rather than celebrating the past, Alice and president of the University of California, Michael V. Drake,1 had planned on gathering educators, artists, farmers, environmentalists, journalists, and philanthropists to celebrate the power of public education and to address climate change. However, in the midst of a surge of COVID-19 cases from the Delta variant, the event was postponed. In an email signed by both Alice and President Drake, the following message was sent: We wanted your presence at the table to show support for public education and the values it can bring to life by the economic stimulus of local organic food procurement. It is a powerful, hopeful,... © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California2021 You do not currently have access to this content.

A Study of Socio-Cultural Aspects of Kada To Minaa Toraja Discourse in the Students’ Character Building

This study aims to know the socio-cultural aspects of the discourse kada to minaa Toraja in the formation of the character of learners. This research method is qualitative with an ethnographic design. The data analysis technique in this study is Ethnographic Research Cycle. The results of this study showed that the socio-cultural aspects of kada to minaa Toraja discourse in the formation of the character of learners are: First, the aspect of politeness value in kada to minaa, namely Mekatabe' londong lako to disa'bu' gayang ma'pampang ma'paran-paran. Second, the religious aspect of kada to minaa "Di posulo sulo lalan di pobia' kalambanan." Third, aspects of social practice or habits/rituals contained in kada to minaa, namely "Laku olapa umbating lakulomban pamario." Fourth, aspects of family values in the expression "Totiumba' Batu Rupanna tama Tandung Kalonaran." Fifth, aspects of the value of humility in kada to minaa "Tang lara'ba pa te riu laku lessa', tangmaupu' pa' te umpalumba' sangpatikan anna bisara." Sixth, the religious aspect of kada to minaa speech is "Antan Tundan tongan mora Puang dimatua dao masua anggana to palulungan dao pataralayukna."