ETHNOGRAPHY ANALYSIS FORM
**You should copy this entire form into your own document and answer all questions.
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
Name:
Title of your study:
Sociological Research Question:
2. ABSTRACT (fill this in last)
Provide a 200 word maximum summary of your entire project
3. RATIONALE & BACKGROUND RESEARCH
3a. Why have you chosen this topic? What about your life and social location draw you to this topic? (two paragraphs). Provide a story where you can.
3b. Find two outside sources that discuss your topic. One source should be research-based and the other can be popular (blog, internet, etc):
Research Source – title:
Enter the URL where this text can be found:
Summarize the argument of this source and how it connects to your research question (one paragraph):
Popular Source – title:
Enter the URL where this text can be found:
Summarize the argument of this source and how it connects to your research question (one paragraph):
4. ETHNOGRAPHIC SITE PROFILES
SITE #1
4a. Describe this location, the date/time you observed and attach a picture of you at the site:
4b. Analysis 1
Provide a history of your site (when it was founded, what is its purpose, etc.):
Write a description of the rituals you observed, what forms of ritual are they and why are these important for your site?
Summarize the levels of hierarchy you observed between people or groups at the site. What official and unofficial forms of power do people use at your site?
SITE #2
4c. Describe this location, the date/time you observed and attach a picture of you at the site:
4d. Analysis 2
Provide a history of your site (when it was founded, what is its purpose, etc.):
Write a description of the rituals you observed, what forms of ritual are they and why are these important for your site?
Summarize the levels of hierarchy you observed between people or groups at the site. What official and unofficial forms of power do people use at your site?
5. DISCUSSION
5a. Site Comparison
Write THREE FULL PARAGRAPHS of the most interesting social behaviors you observed in your space and how they were similar and different between the sites.
5b. Explain what you learned about rituals and traditions from your ethnography project?
5c. What did the micro observations of your ethnography sites teach you about macro society?