ANTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sociocultural Evolution, Participant Observation, Premarital Sex
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Two types of anthropology and the fields regarding each one: the yanomamo. Napoleon chagnon went to study the yanomamo people (hunter-agtherers) in south. America in 1969 offered the people goods (weapons, tools, vaccines etc. ) saw the yanomamo to be violent people and believed aggression to be part of their culture. Patrick tierney studied yanomamo in 2000 saw that they weren"t violent believed chagnon manipulated data by causing the aggression of the people. Changnon incited violence and conflict he observed by providing (bribing) the people with goods, thus creating competition between them and neighbouring tribes (source of aggression) The interview is flexible, allowing new leads to be followed and personal opinions expressed (but can be easy to get off topic). Structured interviews are interviews that use a set list of questions which don"t change. This method is only used when the researcher is very clear on the topic, but has very specific questions.
