Sentences with word «ethnographer»

An ethnographer is a person who studies and describes different cultures and societies by observing and analyzing their customs, behaviors, and traditions. They spend time living among a particular group of people to gain a deep understanding of their way of life and document it in a detailed and objective manner. Full definition
In the 1970s the study of symbolic interaction in the congregation became increasingly the domain of ethnographers.
The Spooling the Ethnographic course will take as a starting point Hal Foster's 1996 essay The Artist as Ethnographer, which looks at a turn to ethnography / anthropology within artistic practice.
Bender and Beller are relying on their analysis of the language and an account of the traditional counting words written by ethnographers in 1938.
NPS archeologists and ethnographers work with Alaska Native people with ties to the Brooks area to resolve issues relating to the discovery of human remains.
Fine turns from Jan Bijvoet as German ethnographer, Theo von Martius, and Nilbio Torres as the young shaman, Karamakate, the last of his tribe.
While Hill Arrian was used by all Anglican sources, the Government of Travancore and ethnographers like Thurston used the name Malayarayan which means the Arayan of the hills to distinguish them from the fishing community on the Kerala coasts, the Arayans.
The Truth Booth is an inflatable 14 - foot - tall speech bubble conceived and operated by Cause Collective, a team of artists, designers and ethnographers creating innovative art in public spaces.
Yet, with some 22 million video views under his belt, the optimistic ethnographer also happens to be the third most - watched TED Talks presenter of all time.
Extolling the trailblazing, renegade spirit of iconic historical figures like Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Wright brothers, ethnographer Simon Sinek dares people be rebels, to «think, act and communicate» in ways that are «the complete opposite of everyone else.»
Donna believes ethnographers should contribute to business strategy at the highest levels.
I learned that he runs the company along with his food ethnographer wife, June Jo Lee, and that the truly beautiful books they publish are devoted exclusively to teaching children food literacy.
To better understand how customer ratings affect Uber drivers, a team led by technology ethnographer Alex Rosenblat at the Data and Society research institute in New York scoured months of forum posts and interviewed drivers.
So Worthman began to comb the literature, interviewing ethnographers, sifting through fifty - odd years of published work.
Back in the 1980s, Carrier had read ethnographers» accounts of indigenous peoples who chased deer, antelope, and kangaroos to exhaustion under the scorching sun.
Ethnographer Sherry Turkle imagined herself at age 8 as a daring Nancy Drew on roller skates.
This is especially true in programs like MDEQ's that are «understaffed, underfunded and [have personnel] lack [ing] knowledge and experience,» in the words of Dr. Yanna Lambrinidou, a medical ethnographer and adjunct assistant professor of science and technology studies at Virginia Tech.
His first crewman was a fridge salesman (Anders Baasmo Christianseen) his other three more experienced in the field, ethnographer Bengt (Gustav Skarsgard aka Vikings» Floki), navigator Torstein (Jakob Oftbro) and Knut (Tobias Santelmann) who would operate their only concession to their time, 1947, the radio.
In his keynote at the 2017 Carnegie Foundation Summit, scholar - practitioner Jeff Duncan - Andrade argued that «the most successful educators are... first and foremost ethnographers of the communities they serve.»
Ethnographers from various disciplines point out that for many youth, dropping out is a process rather than an explicit decision: irregular attendance leads to failed courses and eventually to the perception that the obstacles to graduation are overwhelming.
He involved them as community ethnographers to encourage them to learn more about the Latino community in which their children and their children's families lived and worked.
German ethnographers took advantage of this «practical opportunity», treating the camp like a living museum.
Michel Leiris was a prominent 20th Century intellectual, a poet, an autobiographical writer, professional ethnographer, and close friend of many great artists and writers of his times.
Romany's abstract paintings use a color - language developed by 19th - century anthropologist and ethnographer Felix Von Luschan.
McCarthy's new novel, Satin Island, published in February 2015, concerns a corporate ethnographer compiling a «Great Report» on the contemporary moment.
The last large - scale exhibition of his I saw, the 2012 Paris Triennale, was concerned with the spectre of the colonial - era ethnographer.
Brought to Europe by the German ethnographer Hans Himmelheber, it was later purchased by the French art dealer Charles Ratton, who is well known for his involvement with the Surrealist movement.
But what comes most strongly in mind is the fact that preserving precarious languages is not just about educating future generations, but also about preserving the human potential for creativity and for expressing other valid realities, as ethnographer Wade Davis so eloquently describes in this TED Talks video:
The influential Aboriginal organization the Allied Tribes of British Columbia was established in 1916 by several Interior Salish First Nations that were assisted by ethnographer James Teit.
One ethnographer described the pattern of sibling chaperonage: «[Seventeen - year - old] James Earl [Treppit] has begun visiting his girlfriend weekdays from 6:00 P.M. until the 11:00 P.M. parentally imposed curfew... Since he wants to visit outside the home, Mrs. Treppit had decided to allow him to do it as long as he agrees to take his 16 - year - old brother, Johnny, with him wherever he goes.
One ethnographer observed the appeal of the street lifestyle this way: «The ghetto street culture can be glamorous and seductive to the adolescent, promising its followers the chance of being «hip» and popular with certain «cool» peers who hang out on the streets or near the neighborhood school....
Susan Janko Summers, Ph.D., is an educational ethnographer who has studied and written about child maltreatment, infant mental health, children with disabilities, and children and families at risk in the contexts of culture, community, and educational settings.
When ethnographer Angela Valenzuela spoke with immigrants in Texas — Mexican - American parents and students — and dug into the meaning of the Spanish word «educacion,» (in English: education) they understood it to mean «caring before learning.»
Working with a team of ethnographers, who study different cultures, Apostolopoulos and his partner Sevil Sönmez burrowed into the hidden world of truck stops, first in Arizona, then in Georgia.
Not so at The 106 Group, the private cultural - resource - management company in St. Paul, Minnesota, where the 30 - year - old archaeologist and ethnographer works.
But ever since he fell in love with Brooks, this trained ethnographer has been a close observer of Mormons.
Attia assumes the roles of historian, anthropologist, philosopher, and ethnographer through his art - making process, and his nuanced international perspective informs the works on display in this exhibition.
The CAUSE COLLECTIVE is a team of artists, designers and ethnographers creating innovative art in the public realm.
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