Ethnographers observe behavior of other people and how members of other cultures interpret their world they must immerse themselves in a culture in an effort to see it through the eyes of its members. I think there are many dilemmas when dealing with being an ethnographer one of the dilemmas that could happen would be giving off the wrong impression in order to try and get to “know” them. Being an ethnographer involves lying to people to make them feel comfortable in their own environment. I think that could really affect someone in the long run. It is almost like they are living a lie part of the time, I think that that would get kind of old and you would end up feeling pretty bad about yourself. Personally I would try and be as knowledge about the person as possible and would find ways that I truly personally to relate to this person and then project that while trying to get to know them and make them more comfortable around me. That way I wouldn’t feel like I was living a lie and could also do a good job at my research.
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