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Mobile Intimacies

Mobile Intimacies

In her book, Archambault mentions a young woman named Mimi who uses her mobile device to have multiple relationships and suitors, even…
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Noor Qureshi
Smartphones in the Office and Gym

Smartphones in the Office and Gym

During my fieldwork I noticed a common theme which was smartphones whether it was Android or Apple. On a rare occasion I might see someone…
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Timmy Seppi
Field notes and participant observation in ethnographic studies: a skill summary

Field notes and participant observation in ethnographic studies: a ...

While finishing up the research for my ethnographic study it is important to refresh on skills and research techniques that have been…
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Nicole Delabrer
Ethical Research for Ethnographers

Ethical Research for Ethnographers

Ethics are a big part of a workplace and as they should be. You want your employees and co-workers to feel comfortable while they’re…
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Timmy Seppi
Media Experiment: The growth of speed running

Media Experiment: The growth of speed running

Speed running (beating a game as fast as possible) has become a significant event in the gaming world. Every 6 months, Twitch.tv promotes a…
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Apisit Chatarsa
How the quality of a design is measured

How the quality of a design is measured

As human beings, we were built to judge. From the clothes someone’s wearing, to a product we see in a store glass window, we critique…
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Shahrzad Darafsheh
Ethnographic Research: Digital Fieldwork Outline

Ethnographic Research: Digital Fieldwork Outline

My Topic: Within each Asian American community lies a distinct set of bounds that governs and guides the members through daily life. With…
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Giselle
Everything
Ethnographic Essay comparing the Relations of Coworkers and Gym Goers

Ethnographic Essay comparing the Relations of Coworkers and Gym Goers

“I always keep my work phone and personal phone on me at all times, [the phones are] almost like it’s my child because once I don’t know…
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Timmy Seppi

Islamic Culture and Online Dating

Swipe right or left? What factors do people account for when they swipe right on an online dating app? Would you be so confident in…
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Noor Qureshi
English, a Universal Language (Ethnography Essay)

English, a Universal Language (Ethnography Essay)

Being born from different country is hard especially when your family decided to move to the US which most people are speaking English…
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Micah Lopez
Experiment 2

Experiment 2

Below I have provided ten images that represent how mobile intimacies affected the research process for my ethnography. These images depict…
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Noor Qureshi

Experiment 1

Below I have provided a short video that I made representing ideas of digital/mobile intimacy that are provided by Archambault. The video…
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Noor Qureshi
Mobile Intimacy

Mobile Intimacy

I took this video because it reminds me what I read on the article when Julie Archambault said, “Contrary to common assumptions about the…
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Micah Lopez
Mobile Technologies in Anthropology

Mobile Technologies in Anthropology

I believe that mobile technologies play a significant role in ethnographic research for virtual worlds. These technologies had a…
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Noor Qureshi
Post 2

Post 2

Culture and religion are mutually exclusive factors. What is expressed through a culture is not always dictated by the religion. Religion…
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Noor Qureshi
Ethnographic Vignette

Ethnographic Vignette

These past few days, I have been thinking about what should be my topic for my ethnographic essay. I have been researching and reading some…
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Micah Lopez
Experiment 2

Experiment 2

Below I have provided a photo of my field notes from this weeks experiment. I went to the Miller Branch library in Howard County to observe…
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Noor Qureshi
Online Community Graphic Novel

Online Community Graphic Novel

Below I have provided 10 images that represent a graphic novel I have created after observing an online community. The online community…
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Noor Qureshi
Ethical Concerns of Turning Research into Data

Ethical Concerns of Turning Research into Data

As an ethnographer, one major concern of turning research into data is having the consent of the participants. In his reading, Boellstorff…
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Noor Qureshi
Ethnographic Vignette

Ethnographic Vignette

Swipe right or left? What factors do people account for when they swipe right on an online dating app? Would you be so confident in…
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Noor Qureshi
The American Relationship to Trolling

The American Relationship to Trolling

Below I have provided a series of images that represent what I understand to be the “American” relationship to trolling and technology…
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Noor Qureshi
Internet Trolling

Internet Trolling

Tolls are all over the Internet and they come in different forms as well. There are insult trolls that like to be a “hater” then there are…
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Timmy Seppi
Transitioning Office Life to Gym Life

Transitioning Office Life to Gym Life

The company I work for, Cintex Wireless, is a subsidized phone company that provides people on welfare free phones, as well as service from…
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Timmy Seppi
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