My Ethnography Life At The Restaurant - 1777 Words

Denzell Garrison ANT2410.001 Life At the Restaurant As a result of my ethnography, I have found out that if no one is around to reinforce social norms, then the norms change dramatically. This ethnography projected helped me improve my knowledge of social norms and and how bureaucratic systems help make various institutions and businesses function properly. For my ethnography project, I chose to study the life of a restaurant, located a few blocks away from where I live. I referred to the restaurant as â€Å"Restaurant X,† and I decided to give the person I interviewed a false name, so that that no one would have their privacy violated. The main focus of this ethnography is to compare the norms and behaviors of the employees when the manager(s) is present at Restaurant x and when he or she is absent. Norms are the behavior within a society or a group. 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