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Ethnographic Interview, by Alex

Post Published February 12, 2024 by Laura Moran

51 years ago, my father, an ambitious software engineer, was born. From this day on, he continues to work hard and develop new algorithms for software. Countless days go on rapidly, with new technolog...
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Deep Observation, by Aedan

Post Published February 12, 2024 by Laura Moran

I walked down stairs to see my dad pacing in the kitchen while on a phone call with the vet. His eyebrows were furrowed as he talked about rabies. Finally, when he got off the phone, he said that noth...
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Memory as Character, by Aedan

Post Published February 12, 2024 by Laura Moran

At a very young age, my life changed. When I was 3, I moved to Florence, Italy because my parents wanted me to be bilingual, and that wasn’t the only benefit I gained from living in Italy.
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Ethnographic Interview, Aedan

Post Published February 12, 2024 by Laura Moran

Everyone has a different experience with their family. Sometimes it’s a positive experience that leaves you with good memories, sometimes it's a bad experience that leaves you with irreversible scar...
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Deep Observation, by Abigael

Post Published February 12, 2024 by Laura Moran

I woke up earlier that morning, preparing myself to go to school. Into the school compound, I started marching to my classroom and while standing at the classroom's door, I discovered that there was n...
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Ethnographic Interview, by Abigael

Post Published February 12, 2024 by Laura Moran

It was a cloudy afternoon at around 2:30pm at school when I decided to call up one of my classmates for a short interview. We sat opposite to each other and she was so excited to know which kind ...
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Deep Observation

Post Published February 12, 2024 by Laura Moran

For this piece of writing, students practiced their observational skills. Students were instructed to to do the following: Choose a place in your home, neighborhood or surrounding area where you ca...
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Isaya

Post Published February 12, 2024 by Laura Moran

I just took my small moment to observe how beautiful our world is and to be grateful to the creator who did all this. I took my backpack, my yoga mat, my silver bottle filled with water, a rope and...
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Memory as Character, Joel

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

When I was in my country which is DRC. One day my parents, my brothers and sisters and me went for a holiday. We went in a village called Rethy. The village was calm and nice looking.
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Memory as Character, by Abigael

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

I was in boarding school by then, and as a boarding students we had times for personal revision and they were called preps and winters. Preps started from 7:30pm to 9:30pm and winters from 4:00am t...
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Ethnographic Interview 2, Joel

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

This was a certain Thursday when I was in class interviewing one of my classmates called Sylvan. We were seated facing each other on our blue plastic chairs.
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Ethnographic Interview, by LaJoie

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

I’ve been waiting for so long to get the teachers permission to conduct an interview about him. Today at lunch time he had given me his lunch break as the time that we can do it.
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Ethnographic Interview, by Joshua

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

I am doing an interview with Theobarh, my teacher. I gave him a surprise visit to his office where we sat though the noise from the hair dressing students shouting. 1, So Mr.
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Ethnographic Interview, by Sylvan

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

I decided today to challenge myself and interview a pastor. Good morning pastor, I’m conducting an interview on faith and ethics of Christianity. Can you share with me some details?
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Ethnographic Interview, by Clarice

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

I had a childhood dream of becoming a doctor, so when we got this opportunity of conducting ethnographic interviews I wanted to learn from a medical doctor.
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Ethnographic Interview, by Iragi

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

He is called Arian. He is sixteen years old a refugee in Nakivale refugee settlement living alone. I met him where he works and requested to conduct an ethnographic interview with him and he accepted...
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Ethnographic Interview, by Joel

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

It was in the evening when I was interviewing my friend at school. His name is Josue. We were seated outside on the desk near our class. My friend Josue was wearing green T-shirt, grey trousers and bl...
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Deep Observation, by Sylvan

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

Forest Once Saturday morning, my classmates and I went for a forest visitation in Kasese. When we reached it, we found other people who also went to visit.
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Deep Observation, by Joshua

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

Lake Nakivale In the heart of Uganda, nestled near the shimmering waters of Lake Nakivale, a remarkable story of hope and resilience unfolded. Amina, a young woman who had fled her war-torn homeland,...
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Deep Observation, by LaJoie

Post Published February 11, 2024 by Laura Moran

RAIN It was raining The wind was blowing Trees were shaking Children were playing under the rain It was raining People came late at school including the teachers The roads became slippery Maki...
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