Ethnographic Approach Flashcards

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What is ethnographic approach?

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  • research
  • method for observing behaviors in context
  • understanding behaviors in terms of culture
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Culture

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Systems of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people; communication; behavior through social learning; learned behavior; symbolic communication; behavior patterns

  • cumulative knowledge
  • beliefs
  • values
  • attitudes
  • meanings
  • hierarchies
  • religion
  • notions of time
  • roles
  • concepts of universe
  • material objects/possessions
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Culture layers

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people in same culture still have other layers of mental programming within themselves

  • national level
  • regional level
  • gender level
  • generational level
  • social class level
  • corporate level
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Vantage effects

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  • position, values, focus, assumption, chance
  • all will after your perception of reality
  • w/o specific consciousness, one will perceive their own vantage and ignore effects
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Why is ethnographical relevant to OT?

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  • direct, first hand observation of daily participation
  • vantage effects may alter our perceptions of others
  • broader format to comprehend our client’s telling of “their stories”
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Ethnographic/observational skills

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  • questioning
  • note taking
  • pattern recognition
  • imagining alternatives
  • attention to individual and group
  • self reflection
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