ethnography

The dictionary's definition of an ethnography is a branch of anthropology dealing with the scientific description of individual cultures. Our task to immerse ourselves into a culture different from our own is a scary task. Humans by nature like to stay in their comfort zone; they like their version of normal. Before today, I know Erin and I were really anxious about how we were going to make this mystery paper work. The combination of today's field day lecture at the University of Minnesota and our class dicussion really cleared up all of the questions I know the class had. By getting an entire day to spend on this one paper, this one topic gave us so much time. By the end of class, Erin and I had felt confident in our sub-culture as well as our domain. And I know when we were walking down the hallway after the bell had rung, we both mentioned the weight that had been lifted off our shoulders from not knowing what to do before. That uncertainty was replaced by the excitement of taking on this paper.