ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ethnography, Participant Observation, Emic And Etic
16 Oct 2013
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Participant observation: taking part in the events one is observing, describing, and analyzing. Sample: a small, manageable study group from a larger population. Interview schedule: ethnographic tool for structuring a formal interview; a prepared form (usually printed) that guides interviews with households or individuals being compared systematically; contrasts with a questionnaire because the researcher has personal contact and records people"s answers. Genealogical method: procedures by which ethnographers discover and record connections of kinship, descent, and marriage, using diagrams and symbols. Key cultural consultants: an expert on a particular aspect of local life who helps the ethnographer understand that aspect. Life history: of a cultural consultant; provides a personal cultural portrait of existence or change in a culture. Cultural consultant: refers to individuals the ethnographer gets to know in the field, the people who teach him or her about their culture, who provide the emic perspective.
