Assignment 2

The social group that interest me is 'couples'. So, I make an observation on old couples, young couples and even teenagers couples. The location I made my research is The Mines shopping mall. Date of the observation is 26/10/11.




Average age of this young couple- 16/17 years old. Were waiting for their movie outside of the cinema at The mines.
time & date taken: 2.15pm 26/10/11
location taken: The Mines (outside of Cinema)



A couple in front of Digitamart.
time & date taken: 3.23pm 26/10/11
location taken: The Mines



An old couple having tea time at Old Town Restaurant.
time & date taken 4.18 p.m 26/10/2011
location taken: The Mines



Young couple busy selecting things.
time & date taken 5.13 p.m 26/10/2011
location taken: The Mines




This young couple average age is 21 years old. And was captured after they had their lunch.
time & date taken 6.15 p.m 26/10/2011
location taken: The Mines

Assignment 1

Search for meaning of the terms that as our first task :)


1) Cross-disciplinary:
Cross disciplinary refers to knowledge that explains aspects of one discipline in terms of another. Common examples of crossdisciplinary approaches are studies of the physics of music or the politics of literature.

2) Inter-disciplinary:
Interdisciplinary refers to new knowledge extensions that exist between or beyond existing academic disciplines or professions. The new knowledge may be claimed by members of none, one, both, or an emerging new academic discipline or profession.

3) Trans-disciplinary:
Transdisciplinary refers to knowledge that exists in every individual, thus eliminating the need for discipline boundaries.
A transdisciplinary community or project is made up of transdisciplinary professionals, which is an ideal that can only be approached and not actually achieved in practice. To exist in today's society, a transdisciplinary professional would possess certification or degrees in all disciplines as well as experience in all professions.

4) Qualitative Research:
Qualitative research is a method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research and further contexts.

5) Ethnographic Research:
Ethnography is a qualitative method aimed to learn and understand cultural phenomena which reflect the knowledge and system of meanings guiding the life of a cultural group.It was pioneered in the field of socio-cultural anthropology but has also become a popular method in various other fields of social sciences—particularly in sociology,communication studies, history.