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2. As Devitt introduces us to the conflicts produced by switching genres, the conflicts I see when I am asked to produce the genre of a paper in your composition class in comparison to an art history class is very minimal. The way I look at it as, dose differ in every class, although certain classes help me in each other to write papers. Like my English 151 class has improved my writing skills so much already, and this has helped me to write papers in every other class to. Of course every class is going to have completely different topics for papers besides that, and some technical language, a paper is just a paper. Every paper has a genre and either it is difficult for the individual to write about or simple, it can go either way. I’ve never really noticed any conflict in writing two or three papers; I just notice the similarities or the differences in each paper.

3. Bawarshi defines the term genres as environments within which familiar social actions are rhetorically enacted to understand them as language practices. There are obviously many genre sets within Ohio University and even some genres can break down into related genres or as I like to call them, subgenres. Some very distinct genres could include teachers, students, organizations, employees, and I guess cliques? Teachers are the foundation which holds Ohio University together. They provide the students with information that is the keys to their future. They provide us with so much knowledge and help students when it is needed. The students of Ohio University, including myself, bring the party! Just kidding, clearly to every student here education is the most important thing on their mind. They work very hard for each and every academic grade. In return many students are given internships by the University to help guide their future. Also many students participate in clubs or activities. There are many organizations and activities here at Ohio University. I am participating in some of these activities including an intermural softball team, complex senate, and the equestrian team. Activities such as these provide the students and many other people with time consuming events to occupy their time. Finally there are many employees at Ohio University, soon I will be one, that keep this fine establishment running at its best and I am very appreciative of this.

Applying and exploring Ideas

3. Ethnography field work is much different than just reading scholarly articles, although both many cover many of the same topics. Both are helpful sources in discovering information about ethnography. I feel you would need to dig deeper in to each of these two types of research message to discover more about ethnography. You would be able to discover information like language used within society. You would be able to fully grasp information by reading a scholarly article as opposed to going outside of the class room, and researching in the physical living situation. You have investigate communication within social organizations. There are social actions and genres taken to be rhetorical manifestations or maps of a community’s actions, then genre analysis is an especially helpful path in ethnographic methodology. To investigate social motives and actions, ethnographers can examine the uses of language associated with these actions. Therefore you can learn a lot more about discourse communities and their genres by researching through ethnographic field work as opposed to reading scholarly articles.

Meta Moment

I feel scholarly research or ethnographic field work can both be great ways to discover more about ethnography. Personally my learning style, it would be more beneficial for my research through ethnographic field work. This is because I know I learn better by experience rather than sitting in a class room being informed about a topic. I think any student ethnographer would agree that they would learn more about ethnography by being outside in the real world, then inside the class room. This gives a student or anyone studying this field an experience on top of knowledge, rather than just scholarly researchers ideas on the subject. I feel every person has a different way of learning subject and the way I feel best suited for me would be ethnographic research.