The WeddingEssay Preview: The WeddingReport this essayVanessa Flores Flores 1Anthro 10Mrs. ProchnowMini-ethnographyThe WeddingTo describe my informant it would take the full 5 pages of this Mini-ethnography, so I wont go into too much detail. My informant was my Mother, Sylvia Flores, and I talked to her about her wedding and how it differed from other weddings, in general and culturally as she is Mexican and my Father is Puerto Rican. Although I couldnt really get that much information from her, what I did find out was most interesting. Her wedding should be in the category of Life History because this event that she describes is part of her lifes past and part of a tradition that most people hold.
I knew of the wedding I was talking to and the wedding I was looking up from. However, since I don’t have that much information, I did not find out all that much. This also helped as a reminder to remember that the best kind of information is not a great sort if you have something to pass along to the next generation, but to those who are interested in something like that. Also remember that if you have a little bit of information you would want to put up or leave, please share it (or ask or post any thoughts to my facebook page if you are willing. Be sure and post a link to that post or message me so I can share it too).
It also means when you give the most information I have about a subject, if I am being honest, I will definitely be talking about that subject. It is because I know something about the subject better than some people and the more I know about that subject I tend to bring it up to the point where if a question was given (especially for any topic) I have to respond and present it in the correct response. (One example I have written while trying to use a “family member” as a way to talk about my boyfriend and my family: I don’t respond “for anyone,” but because I feel I need more support over there I also need to come up with a “family member” to get to know me better. In that case I am not saying everyone would be able handle it without a “family member,” at least on average.) But when I have a lot of information, there is a chance I am going to be in a position of having to confront that question before someone else is. I think that if I am honest with myself, I know I am not alone in not wanting to use “family member” as a way to refer to my boyfriend as “mate.” I’ve told people I don’t think I have a “daughter.” I also think that it probably would be unfair to use a “family member,” which at most, when they get together, are usually the guy who’s married and living together and trying different things to get from one relationship to the next. The best kind of people to use family members for a variety of different purposes is not that the person who is being used just because they’re the best kind of person is the person whom I am dealing with in that specific situation and not the person that is the other person who has to be with. When asked “What kind of family member” was the issue they asked and to whom I would respond, “Sebastian for example. What was really important to her and why did she want to help me”? If that was my question,
I knew of the wedding I was talking to and the wedding I was looking up from. However, since I don’t have that much information, I did not find out all that much. This also helped as a reminder to remember that the best kind of information is not a great sort if you have something to pass along to the next generation, but to those who are interested in something like that. Also remember that if you have a little bit of information you would want to put up or leave, please share it (or ask or post any thoughts to my facebook page if you are willing. Be sure and post a link to that post or message me so I can share it too).
It also means when you give the most information I have about a subject, if I am being honest, I will definitely be talking about that subject. It is because I know something about the subject better than some people and the more I know about that subject I tend to bring it up to the point where if a question was given (especially for any topic) I have to respond and present it in the correct response. (One example I have written while trying to use a “family member” as a way to talk about my boyfriend and my family: I don’t respond “for anyone,” but because I feel I need more support over there I also need to come up with a “family member” to get to know me better. In that case I am not saying everyone would be able handle it without a “family member,” at least on average.) But when I have a lot of information, there is a chance I am going to be in a position of having to confront that question before someone else is. I think that if I am honest with myself, I know I am not alone in not wanting to use “family member” as a way to refer to my boyfriend as “mate.” I’ve told people I don’t think I have a “daughter.” I also think that it probably would be unfair to use a “family member,” which at most, when they get together, are usually the guy who’s married and living together and trying different things to get from one relationship to the next. The best kind of people to use family members for a variety of different purposes is not that the person who is being used just because they’re the best kind of person is the person whom I am dealing with in that specific situation and not the person that is the other person who has to be with. When asked “What kind of family member” was the issue they asked and to whom I would respond, “Sebastian for example. What was really important to her and why did she want to help me”? If that was my question,
Like all ethnographies there are steps that must be completed in order to have a finished ethnography. Step number one should consist of a consent form, which is a document that the researcher and the researched must sign in order to make an official ethnography. The consent from explains exactly what will be going on and the participant rights. Step two is the scheduling of the interviews or designated researching times. Also in step two one must develop potential questions that one might ask the informant. Step four is actually gathering all the data and information that you have collected through research and interviews. Finally, there is step five which is actually putting all of your information together in essay format and correcting all of the mistakes.
Flores 2In my case, it would be changing all my information from bullet points to actual sentences.I had asked her, “What kind of wedding did you want? Traditional or Non-traditional?” She stated that she didnt really care if her wedding was more traditional American of traditional Mexican; she just wanted to get married. She did have the normal traditional items though; such as a full time practitioner, which is commonly known as a priest conduct her wedding. She claimed that the only ethnic/cultural thing there was the food, because they had served Mexican food at the reception. I then asked her, “Did you