Name ________________________________

View the video "Turning an Event into Field Notes:  A Ghanian Example" by Cati Coe.  Available on the department's Online Research Tutorials, Guidelines and Videos site.  While watching the video, record some notes in response to the following questions.  In your answers, make specific references to observations of clothing, facial expressions, movements, music, crowd behavior, social roles and so on.

1.   Describe the setting and the participants.  How are the dressed, how do they behave.







2.  How are gender differences shown?  Give specific examples.








3.  What cultural points does the performance by the boys make?  Give specific examples of how the points are made.











4.  What cultural points does the performance by the girls make?  Give specific examples of how the points are made.









5.   What is your overall impression of the event?  List some specific examples of features or happenings that illustrate your impression.