Pictures snapped at Bejaya Times Square (Task 2)

Chosen social group: Sales Person

Place: Berjaya Times Square

Time Taken: 28/10/11, 5.00 pm

This picture was took at nikon shop.They sale uncle was explain about their product to
the customer, who wanted to buy the product.

The two sales person looked damn boring, there was no customer at that time.

In this picture, the sales people was selling food to their customers.
 I snapped this picture, while going upstairs.   

This picture was snapped in on of  shop at times square, in this  picture
the cashier are doing they work. They working environment was so busy with a lot of customers. 

This Picture was took at on of the restaurant at  Times square. They was  talking , with their working friends.
Once the girl, i took her picture ready=)

Second Task: Snapping a social group

   On my second week of media Anthropology class, we given a task to snap picture at at crowed place.We have to snap any social group picture. 
   
After the class i started to think where to go and what social group to choose. That time i decide to choose, Working staff as my social group. So i did what, i when to Times square to snap my picture, on Friday around 5pm. 

 I was using dslr  to snap my pictures, when i started to snap picture, people was looking at me on kind. So i did what, i when and snap picture from far away of them, but then it was a wonderful experiment=) i love it!!!

Ethnographic Research?

Anthropologists, ethnographers, and other social scientists may engage in something called ethnography. Ethnography, simply stated, is the study of people in their own environment through the use of methods such as participant observation and face-to-face interviewing.


Classic ethnographic research involves a detailed description of the whole of a culture outside of the country of origin of the researcher. Traditionally those engaging in ethnographic research spend years in the place of study, also known as the “field.” As a result of the time spent living among communities, ethnographers have been able to produce thick written cultural descriptions known as ethnographies that communicate the information found in the field.


http://www.nps.gov/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/ERCb.htm

Friday 21/10/2011

Qualitative research

Qualitative research is a method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research and further contexts.^[1] Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern such behavior. The qualitative method investigates the why and how of decision making, not just what, where, when. Hence, smaller but focused samples are more often needed than large samples.

In the conventional view, qualitative methods produce information only on the particular cases studied, and any more general conclusions are only propositions (informed assertions). Quantitative methods can then be used to seek empirical support for such research hypotheses. This view has been disputed by Oxford University professor Bent Flyvbjerg, who argues that qualitative methods and case study research may be used both for hypotheses-testing and for generalizing beyond the particular cases studied.^[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_research

Friday 21/10/2011

Transdisciplinary

Transdisciplinary  are an area of research and education that addresses contemporary issues that cannot be solved by one or even a few points-of-view. It brings together academic experts, field practitioners, community members, research scientists, political leaders, and business owners among others to solve some of the pressing problems facing the world, from the local to the global.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transdisciplinary_Studies
 Friday 21/10/2011

Inter-Disciplinary

According to Wikipedia (2005)

Interdisciplinary work is that which integrates concepts across different disciplines. New disciplines have arisen as a result of such syntheses. For instance, quantum information processing amalgamates elements of quantum physics and computer science. Bioinformatics combines molecular biology with computer science. An interdisciplinary team is a team of people with training in different fields. Interdisciplinary teams are common in complex environments such as health care.

http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/interdisciplinary.htm

Friday 21/10/2011

Cross-Disciplinary

Crossdisciplinary refers to knowledge that explains aspects of one discipline in terms of another. Common examples of crossdisciplinary approaches are studies of the physics of music or the politics of literature.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplinary#Crossdisciplinary
Friday 21/10/2011