SOCI 3P02 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Clifford Geertz, Critical Ethnography, Autoethnography

• School: Brock University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 3P02
• Professor: Mary- Beth

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Alternate terms- participant observation, fieldwork, field studies. Minimal definitions: how a group solves problems; how a group makes a life. Reflected in: material life , language, social networks, institutions. You studying the whole person embedded in the group. Attitude of (cid:858)(cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious ig(cid:374)ora(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) seei(cid:374)g thi(cid:374)gs through (cid:272)o(cid:373)pletel(cid:455) fresh e(cid:455)es. More naturalistic? (but question the epistemology of naturalism) More holistic: context of social interaction, sequence of events, social relationship, social processes. Researcher is not a camera or mirror. Interpretive work is required to represent a reality that may be recognizable to members. Goal of eth(cid:374)ograph(cid:455) = (cid:862) thi(cid:272)k des(cid:272)riptio(cid:374)(cid:863) Key terms- i(cid:373)perialis(cid:373): (cid:862)the i(cid:373)positio(cid:374) of the po(cid:449)er of o(cid:374)e state o(cid:448)er the territories of a(cid:374)other i(cid:374) order to e(cid:454)ploit the su(cid:271)jugated populatio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)tra(cid:272)t politi(cid:272)al a(cid:374)d e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)tages(cid:863) Colonialism: the control, occupation and settlement of foreign territories. Neglects critical analysis of dominance and resistance. Examines the effects of globalization, migration, transcultural contact.