Week 8: Post 2

What comes to mind immediately when asked what moral dilemmas ethnographers face is: al the sneaking around and not telling people everything that is happening. First of all in ethnography there are times when researchers go “under cover.” Also, the researcher tries not to impose their own values and morals on the data which could in turn compromise the morals of the researcher. I feel like the only ways in which someone could resolve these problems would be to just block out the moral dilemma and tell yourself that everything you are doing whether it is right or wrong is for the research. Ethnographers are observing people and while they are observing people it is professional and scientific and not personal. If the researchers are keeping things professional and not personal then morals should stay out of it. I think that this is my least favorite chapter. All the others are so interesting because they can be applied to EVERYDAY life while this chapter is pretty much only relevant if you are doing some type of research.