Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Ethnographic Fieldwork

The summary of this section is that the section is mainly the actions taken by Heaney and Rojas. The first paragraph talks about how they garnered support from anti-war groups, as well as tried to see what these factions were doing to carry out their cause. They visited North Carolina multiple times to check in on peace rallies and civil rights events. They met up with the NCPJA, North Carolina Peace and Justice Association, and they assessed the efficacy of their recent rallies. During all these visits and reports, they took photographs and notes to assess the anti-war movement in the Northeast, Midwest, and Washington D.C. It was with this information they were able to make later claims and form ideas on protest in the early 2000s.

Ethnographic - Documenting ethnicity or groups in general
Fieldwork - We know what fieldwork is

This section contributes because readers of their articles might be skeptical about their information and opinions. They display the massive amount of work that they put into anti-war protest research, like 52 interviews, 15 of them with leaders, and their survey which was taken by at least 200 people. Displaying their methods of gathering information was potentially helpful for substantiating their ideas.

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