Search results for "ethnography."

Socialization, language choice and belonging : language norms in a first and second grade English medium class

2012

The joy of teaching and learning in academia – teachers’ perspectives from three countries

2021

All over the world, the educational landscape has changed dramatically over the last year, impacting the way we teach and learn. It is time for reflecting and searching for new ways to support each other, during these pandemic times and beyond; time to co-construct creative partnerships and to innovate new ways to co-create. Change is an inevitable part of teaching and learning but the adaptations currently required are of unprecedented scale. How can we teach and learn with joy in today’s academia? How can we support each other, as teachers, in more creative ways? These two reflective questions were at the base of the study, which was conducted by university teachers from three countries: …

An Ethnographic Study of Entrepreneurship Among the Sámi People of Finland

2005

Abstract This article reports the findings of ethnographic research conducted in Finland. Respondents describe changes brought about by European Union regulations and Finnish laws that lack cultural sensitivity thereby transforming the nature of traditional Sami entrepreneurship. Many of these indigenous people have had to start an additional business or work elsewhere to make ends meet.

Cross-boundary and cross-discipline creation of scientific knowledge. The case of economic anthropology/ business ethnography

2018

This paper aims to show business ethnography, or economic anthropology, as a field of science that is interdisciplinary in theoretical, methodological and subjective terms, i.e. it makes use of sociology and management sciences. What this means in practice is that it is simultaneously regarded a part of sociology, social and cultural anthropology, and management sciences. Additionally, this paper addresses the fusion of science and business in case of an ethnographer as an entrepreneur. The paper presents theoretical considerations of the new entrepreneurship model for collecting knowledge based on ethnographical research. It recommends ethnographic study as the most appropriate approach fo…

Etnografia, auto-biografia, storie di vita

2020

Se è banale osservare che ogni scrittura letteraria, narrativa o poetica, anche quando non esplicitamente diretta al racconto della propria vita, contiene spesso deliberati o inconsapevoli riferimenti alla biografia umana e intellettuale dell’autore e ne rivela le inclinazioni ideologiche, non altrettanto banale è sottolineare come certe strategie e certi esiti narrativi, anche accidentali, possano ritrovarsi in una scrittura, quella antropologica appunto, che si dichiara (o almeno per lungo tempo si è dichiarata) scientifica e che pretende, pertanto, di offrire descrizioni e interpretazioni obiettive, asettiche potrebbe dirsi, di realtà culturali “altre”. Non è d’altronde questionabile che…

Oceʒea kaltaʒeala bi najsal

1935

What Are the Rules of the Game? Some Remarks on The Yellow Jacket

1995

The vast caravan out of Ceylon … arrived safely in Europe in April 1884 … There were sixty-seven people, twenty-five elephants … and a great many oxen of various kinds. The ethnographic exhibition included hundreds of different shows, and even the vegetative world was represented in numerous exhibits … My Singhalese troupe was veiled in the ancient wondrous world of India; not only had we captured the vibrant, picturesque, outward appearance of India, but also the shimmer of its mystique. The colourful, captivating sight of the caravanserai, the majestic elephants, partly bedecked in golden saddlery, partly in work harnesses, pulling gigantic loads; the slim, attractive, doe-eyed dancers wi…

Cómo se calma al primo en la ESO : la externalización a PCPI y la subjetivación de la selección escolar

2020

This paper deals with the process of externalization of pupils from compulsory lower secondary education to external programs (PCPI). It describes the negotiations, interactions and strategies deployed in the process, as well as the actors involved and the subjective effects it has on the students. The paper is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in a state secondary school in Madrid, and draws on document analysis, participant observation and interviews with students and the school personnel. The proposal of referral to basic vocational training programs external to compulsory education constitutes a status degradation for the students, which are defined as unable to complete compuls…

Men’s Family Breadwinning in Today’s Norway: A Blind Spot in the Strive for Gender Equality.

2020

The Nordics are known as countries of gender equality. Still, the heterosexual gender and labour division arrangement in the nuclear family to a large degree persists. This particularly seems to be...

Dynamic Multimodal Language Practices in Multilingual Indigenous Sámi Classrooms in Finland

2013

Starting from the premise that dynamic language practices are an emerging property of interaction, and that languages are learnt by participating in language practices, we focus in this chapter on the tensions and creativity that arise from complex, changing, and interconnected multilingual discourses, practices, and experiences in indigenous Sami classrooms. Drawing on longitudinal ethnographic and discourse-analytic research on a multilingual indigenous Sami community in Finland, we will examine the strategies and practices that a group of Sami children develop, use, and modify while navigating this complex terrain. We illustrate the various ways in which the children adopt and play with …