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.
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.
