My knowledge and understanding of ethnographic studies is ever increasing. Just recently I stumbled across an ethnography that detailed the intricate workings of a truck stop known as the Iowa 80. The author not only presented valuable content in his essay, he also organized it in a way that kept the study in motion. It was a real pager turner I can say that much. Seriously though, the thing that I will take most from this ethnography is its lay out. I usually struggle with getting started and I want a blue print for how things will need to be set up. This essay is a good mark to shoot for. The interviews are spread throughout the essay at specific and relevant points. When someone that was interviewed said something that pertained to a particular topic in the essay the author would fit in a credible quote or paraphrase from somebody. I’m totally going to use that technique in my Ethnography.
