Dr. Moore Quinn, Ph.D.
I have spent countless hours laboring in trying to find my “ideal” research topic. At the beginning of the semester I was so focused on trying to do my research on the Deaf and hearing impaired. However as time went on I became aware of how ignorant I was in the deaf culture and hearing [...]
Posted by Robyn
I am not sure yet whether my project is going to concentrate more on the facial expressions during storytelling or on what it is like growing up hearing in a deaf family. Here are some questions for both topics:
1. What was it like for you growing up hearing in a deaf family?
2. How [...]
Field-site Selection
I chose to do my research on Deaf culture, more specifically, storytelling in Deaf
culture. At first, I wanted to do research on something involving medicine like EMT or
nursing. However, as I thought about it more, I realized that it would be very difficult to
actually carry out any of the research. I would not have [...]
posted by Paul
Background
When you listen to music, especially jazz, you become emerged in a complex and layered communication. My primary focus is going to decipher the language of jazz. I may go about this in a few ways. First, I’m going to compare learning to play jazz to language acquisition. This involves [...]
My semester-long research project will be an ethnography of ghost-storytelling culture in Charleston, South Carolina, and the surrounding areas (namely, Georgetown and Pawleys Island). The fieldsite will include the major cultural vehicles through which ghost stories are conveyed. The popular tourist-targeting ghost walks or tours will be one significant site, where I will get a [...]
Jen Smith
For my participant-observation field site, I selected to do research in a local tattoo shop in downtown Charleston. The shop I choose is Holy City Tattoo on upper King Street. The reason I choose this specific site is because I have visited this location before and received a tattoo from the owner. Having experienced [...]
Samantha Lytle
Field Site Proposal
How do Germans take their coffee? This is a question I have been asking myself ever since I have noticed a pattern in German coffee culture within my own extended family. I intend to answer this question by observing and participating in the German custom of coffee and cake at various locations [...]
Meghan Welsh
This semester I want my field site to be at the Trident Literacy Association’s downtown location, also known as the TC Drayton Center. It is located on Meeting Street across from the Piggly Wiggly and next to the Sherwin Williams paint store. The center is a non-profit that works with adults in the downtown [...]
In my research, I intend to work with three non-Christian religious institutions to discover the role of musical performance in each institution during regular services. My intended locations of research are the Charleston Tibetan Society, Brith Sholom Beth Israel Synagogue, and the Central Mosque of Charleston. Through this research, I expect to evaluate the similarities [...]
Suzanne Lee
2/9/09
Anth 319
***Sorry this is longgg, Joey! Its kind of a weird format because I based it off of the textbook…
A Passion for Pizza: An Ethnographic Study of Pizza Shop Culture and the Artistic Aspects of its Success
Summary: This study proposes to discover the intricacies behind the popular setting of neighborhood pizza shops and the [...]
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