University of Minnesota Duluth
 
 
MyU | Search | People | Departments | Events | News
Envelope: E-mail
Home: Tim Roufs
Skip to the Contents   A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Enlarge Fonts
Search this Page
WebSearch

search links page
~ Google advanced
~ Google scholar
~ Google books
~ Google images
 
UMD E-Journal Locator
search on JSTOR
 
Wikipedia
Wiktionary
 
BBC News
Duluth News Tribune

Advanced Writing: Social Sciences

Week: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 
Other Important Search Links
  >>  Archived Syllabus

Cutting Costs for College Textbooks
general textbook information

Wikipedia

search on JSTOR

28 March 2024


  . . . in History
  . . . in Headlines

UM One Stop

      Babel Fish Translation
~ translate this page


OWL logo, Online Writing Lab, Purdue University.

What are the problems of studying a "foreign" culture as a social scientist?

"Brainstorming" and "Freewriting"

      1. Having enough knowledge of the culture without making misinterpretations.
      2. language
      3. Being to narrow minded
      4. everyone is biased
      5. forgetting details before getting a chance to take notes
      6. knowing what is normal or weird in the culture
      7. nonerbal body language is hard to encode
      8. different cultural norms
      9. experience is the only way to overcome most obstacles
      10. influence on the culture
      11. different customs
      12. words with multiple meanings
      13. Availability of travel/subjects
      14. $$$$$$
      15. being only an observer rather than participant/observer
      16. How can another culture be explained in terms of our own?
      17. holding different values/beliefs than foreigners, and not being biased.
      18. misinformation and/or lack of information
      19. possible spy
      20. Total immersion can be difficult especially in a small secluded culture
      21. pre-concieved notions about the other culture can hinder an objective outlook
      22. Not knowing the history of the culture

       

      Day 15 -- Tuesday 12 March 200

      1. not living within the culture
      2. finding relevant information
      3. not seeing or being within the culture long enough
      4. having to see through your own cultural lens
      5. having different views
      6. everybody sees something differant
      7. understanding culural jargon
      8. leaving biases behind
      9. total immersion helps to understand where they come from
      10. keeping it objective

 

 


Envelope: E-mail © 1998 - 2023 Timothy G. Roufs
Page URL: http:// www.d.umn.edu /cla/faculty/troufs/comp3160/what/what-foreign.html
Last Modified 10:24:13 GMT 12 March 2002
Site Information ~ Main A-Z Index

View Stats 

© 2024 University of Minnesota Duluth
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
Last modified on 03/12/02 10:24 AM
University of Minnesota Campuses
Crookston | Duluth | Morris
Rochester | Twin Cities