The very first ethnography project I did as an undergrad was for ANP 201. It was a summer class, and an introductory class, but I took it seriously. While my classmates went off to research singles at singles dances, the EL-town bar culture in the summer, and people at the interfaith alliance centre, I decided to tackle something more political. At the end of the spring semester, the college newspaper had decided to publish 10 ads sponsored by CampusTruth.org, and had refused to apologise for the kinda sorta mean content of the ads.
Of course, myself, then 18 and naïve, I wanted to know how members of the Jewish Student Centre viewed the ads and what they think of Arabs or Muslims. The Centre's director, the mother of one of my classmates, told me in an interview: "I don't know any Jewish person, or know of any Jewish person who is conservative. Jews are very liberal."
I nearly died when I heard that. Of course, I was thinking of little Paulie W, but being an amateur anthropologist, I was not yet adept at making questions that made my informants feel stupid, so I didn't say anything, though I made fun of her comment in my final analysis.
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Of course, myself, then 18 and naïve, I wanted to know how members of the Jewish Student Centre viewed the ads and what they think of Arabs or Muslims. The Centre's director, the mother of one of my classmates, told me in an interview: "I don't know any Jewish person, or know of any Jewish person who is conservative. Jews are very liberal."
I nearly died when I heard that. Of course, I was thinking of little Paulie W, but being an amateur anthropologist, I was not yet adept at making questions that made my informants feel stupid, so I didn't say anything, though I made fun of her comment in my final analysis.
Also, hippies are gross.