ANTH 2160 Lecture : Off The Verandah
13 Feb 2012
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Take note of the moments in the documentary where malinowski does this. How do anthropologists determine which parts of life/culture/society to write about: exchange of presents when visiting friends; first start by building a hula canoe; Coming of age: last week we viewed off the verandah, a documentary about the life and work of british. Coming of age is another entry in the same series (strangers abroad). Take note of the ways that mead"s experience was shaped, in part, by her gender. Think about the ways that she was able to do this, how this compares with. Malinowski"s popularizing efforts, and what this has meant or might mean for the discipline. she did not immerse herself in the life of a samoan person; only spent six months in. Malinowski did his research here and founded participant observation. This documentary is different because the researcher asked the trobrians what they wanted.
