Ethnographic Observations of Personal Interaction Styles (The Front Desk Chronicles)

Location

CSU

Student's Major

Anthropology

Student's College

Science, Engineering and Technology

Mentor's Name

Winifred Mitchell

Mentor's Department

Anthropology

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

Personal relationships among friends and family differ greatly from encounters among strangers. Aside from these differences, the level of responsibility and the position that each participant assumes in a conversation or relationship are important and have a varied affect on the interaction that takes place. Things such as vocabulary, tone, grammar, and etiquette are all taken into account. The information desk at the Crawford Center residential halls at Minnesota State University, Mankato is a good example of a place where various types of interaction take place. Friends, strangers, and groups interact together in formal, informal, comical, and serious styles. All of these different aspects of communication are likely to occur in a typical day at the information desk. Observation and evaluation of the varied interactions that take place at the desk yield many conclusions about residential dormitory life and common interactions. Certain characteristics also affect how each individual encounter is handled.

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Ethnographic Observations of Personal Interaction Styles (The Front Desk Chronicles)

CSU

Personal relationships among friends and family differ greatly from encounters among strangers. Aside from these differences, the level of responsibility and the position that each participant assumes in a conversation or relationship are important and have a varied affect on the interaction that takes place. Things such as vocabulary, tone, grammar, and etiquette are all taken into account. The information desk at the Crawford Center residential halls at Minnesota State University, Mankato is a good example of a place where various types of interaction take place. Friends, strangers, and groups interact together in formal, informal, comical, and serious styles. All of these different aspects of communication are likely to occur in a typical day at the information desk. Observation and evaluation of the varied interactions that take place at the desk yield many conclusions about residential dormitory life and common interactions. Certain characteristics also affect how each individual encounter is handled.