Fieldwork
Directions: Using the template provided, write a 3-5 page typed fieldwork report detailing your interview of an immigrant to New York City. Select an informant who is an immigrant of any status to the United States and who currently lives in New York City. Begin with an introduction about the historical and continuing importance of immigration to the United States. Your introduction’s very last sentence should be a simple thesis statement suggesting that one such important immigrant is your informant. After your introduction, you should have:
A paragraph describing your informant. What do they look like? What sort of person are they? What sort of personality do they have? What sort of work do they do? Include photographs if you have your informant’s permission. If included, each photograph should have a descriptive caption, and be re-sized to no more than 250 kb.
A paragraph describing where your informant grew up. What country? What town? How many people live there? What d
