Summary: “Roseanne” was a sitcom that depicted white working-class life in the U
Summary: “Roseanne” was a sitcom that depicted white working-class life in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s. For this assignment, you will view a 5-minute clip of Roseanne to practice writing ethnographic fieldnotes. The assignment has 3 parts. You will submit Part 1& 2 (worth 80 points) this week. Part 3 (worth 20 points) will be assigned and submitted next week. Unlike previous participation assignments, you will complete and submit each part of this assignment individually. It is a participation assignment because Part 3 is a peer review and requires you to engage with the work of your classmates.
Part One. You will take “jottings” by watching the clip twice. You will submit your list of jottings. (Be sure to view the rubric for what constitutes good jottings).
Part Two. You will use your jottings to write up ethnographic field notes. You will submit your fieldnotes. (Be sure to view the rubric for what constitutes good fieldnotes).
Part Three. You will use a rubric to evaluate a classmate’s jottings & fieldnotes. THIS PART WILL BE ASSIGNED AND SUBMITTED NEXT WEEK.
***This assignment was created to enable you to practice the skill of writing jottings and ethnographic fieldnotes as described in the course reading from the Handbook PDF will be attached, and writing erthnographic field notes To succeed on this assignment, it is essential that you review and understand the reading. I don’t discuss jottings or field notes in depth in this week’s lecture.***Overview: Ethnographic fieldnotes are written in two phases. Field researchers record “jottings” while in the field to jog their memories when writing up full fieldnotes within 24-hours of returning from the field. For this assignment, you will emulate this process by pretending that you are a researcher interested in gender dynamics in working-class marriages. As part of your field research you are doing home observations. (Rao in fact did home observations when she was studying unemployment and marital relations in her book, https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520298613/crunch-time
You observe this scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgCYD0OLvlA to an external site. unfold in a home where
you are conducting observations.
Part One. Jottings: Field researchers only get to observe scenes as they transpire once – but for the purposes of this assignment, I am asking you to view this scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgCYD0OLvlA twice. (And no more than twice!) The first time that you view the scene, I want you to mute the audio. This time I want your jottings to focus on details of the home, the peoples’ appearances, and their gestures. The second time you view the scene you should do so with the audio on. This time your jottings should focus on the dialogue. For an example of jottings, see the reading. You can either write your jottings by hand and submit a photograph of the paper or type them up.
Part Two. Field Notes: After viewing the scene twice, use your jottings to write up field notes on the scene that you observed. You may be tempted to watch the video again. Resist the temptation! Remember fieldworkers cannot rewind and replay a scene. When writing their notes they must work from their jottings and their memory. Similarly, you should write your notes based on your jottings and your recollection. When writing your field notes, you should attend to descriiption, dialogue, and characterization as outlined in the reading. You should aim to write a minimum of 2 to 3 paragraphs. For an example of field notes, see the reading.
Part Three. Peer Review (*this will be assigned next week*): Review your partner’s jottings and fieldnotes according to the rubric criteria. What did they do a good job on? What could they improve on?
Submission: Submit Part 1 & Part 2 of the assignment (your jottings and your fieldnotes).