Ethnographic study about "Danish foods & eating habits" 

in Copenhagen

Our teachers have mentioned us Copenhagen excursion. Before going to Copenhagen we have made an ethnographic study as a group. Firstly, we have chosen a topic about what we want to investigate and and what we want to learn about Danish people. Next, we have prepared a questionnaire about Danish foods and eating habits. I would like to share these questions with you. And then, we have decided what we are going to do in Copenhagen after our excursion accompanied by Peter and Anne Kristine has finished.

The day when we have been in Copenhagen, first of all, we have gone to a primary school which is one of the most famous schools in the capital. It had really huge buildings like a university campus and many playground for pupils and many facilities that they can use for their spare time as a hobby such as a well-equipped music room and a wooden workroom. It has drown my attention so much that the pupils does not have to wear a uniform at the school. Because in Turkey, all of the pupils studying in a primary, upper and higher secondary school have to wear a uniform. What attracts my attention secondly is that there are some refrigerators at school for pupils' using. It is really a very big opportunitiy in my opinion.

After visiting the school, our teachers have guided us going the Christian cemetery and they made us to show Andersen's tomb ,who is the most famous Danish writer worldwide, mentioning his masterpiece and a slice of his life. Before this time, I didn't know Hans Christian Andersen was Danish. Of course, I know his name and his literature & fairy tales but I didn't really know that he was Danish.

After visiting the cemetery, our teachers have left us alone so we have had a spare time to conduct our questionnaire. We have requested people whether they could participate in our work or not. Some of them have replied positively and answered our questions although some of them have not had enough time to do this because they were in a hurry. Unfortunately, we have also encountered another problem that some of them cannot speak English. Moreover, a shop assistant has warned us it is not aloud to ask questions to costumers without a permission from the main shop while we were asking some questions about their eating habits to the costumers in a supermarket. It was very disappointing for us. Anyway we succeed to complete our ethnographic study.

To conclude, we have asked ten people including men and women in equal parts. Furthermore, half of them are over thirty and the other half of them are under thirty concerning their ages. After we have been a ITC-media conference, we decided to use "wikispace" in order to use our work on pupils' education. So we have created a wikispace account and uploaded our work there arranging some pages. You are very welcome to have look at our pages and make comments. Here, you can easily contact us:

http://drinkandfoodhabits.wikispaces.com/
http://drinkandfoodhabits.wikispaces.com/-/Copenhaguen%20inhabitants%C2%B4%20food%20habits/Ana%20and%20Ilknur/

This is made by Paula, Ana and me.