Social eating in another culture
Social eating in another culture
Do participant observation on social eating in another culture, different from your own. (This can be an ethnic ritual or venue, or, less desirable but acceptable, a truly ethnic restaurant frequented primarily by members of a culinary culture other than your own). Take precise handwritten notes—only of what you do, observe, and hear. Turn in your handwritten notes along with a three-page report of your findings.
The first page should describe only what you did, observed, and heard during your fieldwork. Then describe something culture-specific about how people eat together in this setting. Finally, theorize about how this specific meaning is a special case of a universal.
