They then proceed to explore this question or problem and analyze it in light of fieldwork. Evidence for the thesis sentence and its supporting points is drawn from the author's fieldwork. Be clear about how you learned the information described in the paper, what it means, and how it contributes to your central point. Since ethnographic evidence is both found and presented by the author of the paper, it will sometimes be necessary to use the first person in ethnographic papers. This is in contrast to other kinds of academic papers in which the author's voice is not personalized, and reflects the fact that who we are as individuals affects our ethnography.
Ethnographic writing is evocative, descriptive, and lively.
It is academic writing that requires creativity in rendering scenes, sights, smells, feelings, and individuals as lifelike as possible on the page. Help the reader to be where you were and to understand as realistically as possible what it was really like. Names of places and individuals are often, but not always, changed to pseudonyms in ethnographic papers . It is important to follow the wishes of our informants regarding their wishes to be named directly or not. Ask them and follow their wishes.