Instructions In a 1-2 page document, write the following proposed components of your ethnographic paper: The research question (1 or 2 questions MAX) In this section, please include the question you will seek to answer with your interview protocol and overall your ethnographic paper. Try to be as specific as possible including in your question, the name of the culture you plan to examine (ex. Chinese, Jamaican, Jewish, Military, etc.) and the number/unit size (ex. one Chinese family or one Jamaican woman). Please do add in any other relevant gender or socioeconomic identifiers into the question as well. Note: It should be apparent from the research question which culture you are examining, who you will talk to, and about what. You will examine only one member of your culture of interest, so make sure your research question about them matches this narrow focus. If you don’t know the specific social identities of your participant or if it may matter to your study now, feel free to write it as if you did. Remember, this is only a proposal. It is subject to change. Your research question should be answered to some degree by your interview protocol, so if they do not match, please revise one or both of them. Interview protocol (~10 interview questions) Please list here about 10 questions you intend to ask your participant. Make sure these questions are taping into your main research question. The answers from these questions should uncover two to three themes that should directly answer your research question. Again, if they do not match, one or both need to be revised. Note: Your question should not be biased toward any particular answer, but open to whatever the participant’s response could be. Ask open-ended, non-priming questions! Reference list (5-7 studies) Please include a list of 5-7 empirical articles that may give insight on your culture, specific participant, and/or research topic of interest. Please write the references in APA format. These studies could be quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, and/or conceptual in nature. Information from these studies will inform your literature review for the ethnographic paper, as well as guide your thinking about the culture and participants’ potential responses. These studies will also help you get a sense of what is already out there and known about this culture and topic and how your study could fit or add to existing literature. Note: You do not have to read any of the studies included in your reference list at the point of the proposal. You just have to read the abstract to know if it is relevant. ——— Here is an example of a research question, interview protocol, and reference list study for a sample ethnographic paper: RQ: How did a Catholic upbringing influence one Lesbian woman’s notions of marriage and motherhood? It is apparent here that the following study will be about the Catholic culture, and that the researcher will be interviewing one Lesbian woman from that culture, about her ideas about marriage and having or raising children. Interview Protocol: 1. How was it like to grow up Catholic in your household? 2. What messages did you receive from your parents (priests, etc) about what it means to be Catholic? 3. What messages did you get early on about marriage and motherhood? Who told you these messages? 4. How was your experience coming out as Lesbian to your Catholic family? (if they said they did come out) 5. Have your ideas about marriage and motherhood changed now that you came out? Why or why not? Reference list: Francis, T. (2020). The influence of parental religious values on adolescents’ religious identity. Fake Journal, 14, 3-7. Jim, B. (2007). Notions of marriage in Catholism. Fake Journal, 14, 3-7. Doe, J. (2019). Coming Out, But Staying Catholic. Fake Journal, 14, 3-7. I made all these up, but you get the point. Studies should support your RQ and inform your protocol questions.
