ANTH 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Franz Boas, Max Gluckman
26 Apr 2018
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No methodology at the beginning (19th century). The aim was to explain humanity through comparative studies of different societies. in the course of the development of the. Different paradigms emerged anthropological method (e. g. marxist, etc. Franz boas (british anthropologist) began to think about the methods more deeply. Malinowski engaged in a study of populations in which the colonial powers were involved. Thus, it was difficult to know to which extent what he observed and studied was attributable to the populations" traditions or to the colonization process. In british social anthropology, this was a recurrent issue. After the end of colonization (1960"s), the issue was less salient. Max gluckman (manchester school of social anthropology). In the 1970s-1980s, another kind of critic emerged: it was centered on the accounts of the colonial context made by some anthropologist, since it was seen as a sign of collusion with the colonial powers. Since then, anthropology has maintained an aspect of social critique.
